Corrective account of Zhu’s ontology and ethical theory; lucid and informative.
The course syllabus lists the text sections for which you will be responsible, whether or not they are formally covered in class . As described above, the "Skills You Should Have Mastered" section at the end of each text chapter concisely summarizes the topics which you should have mastered from that chapter. The syllabus also gives a tentative schedule of lecture/discussion topics for the entire semester. To derive the greatest benefit from the classes, I urge you to develop the habit of reading and studying each chapter before the class(es) on that topic. This practice of prior study will not only enable you to better understand the material covered in the lectures, but will also allow for discussion in class about those topics with which you are having difficulty. Although I will always have adequate lecture material prepared for each class meeting, I hope to conduct as many classes as possible in an interactive "structured tutorial" style, rather than a formal lecture style.
All religions are mythic maps of reality. Specifically, they are maps of what’s real and what’s important that facilitate individual and social wellbeing. There’s not a religion anywhere in the world that isn’t a map of how things are and which things matter, which, when followed, has traditionally led to personal wholeness and social coherence. If you don’t get this, you don’t get religion.
Corrective account of Zhu’s ontology and ethical theory; lucid and informative.