This thesis is intended to examine the fundamental problems of ethics, referring to 'Ethics' written by William K. Frankena, and to tell in what aspects such Western ethical thought resting on the scientific analytical method could be supplemented by ...
This thesis is intended to examine the fundamental problems of ethics, referring to 'Ethics' written by William K. Frankena, and to tell in what aspects such Western ethical thought resting on the scientific analytical method could be supplemented by Eastern (traditional) ethical thought resting on a kind of intuitional method. W.K.Frankena, Professor of University of Michigan, deals with the fundamental problems of ethics in his 'Ethics', applying the method and logic of linguistic analysis, a kind of new method of philosophy. Ethics resting on philosophy of analysis deals with chiefly the problems of meta-ethics butin Frenkena's 'Ethics' many kinds of problems, from the fundamental ones of the traditional normative ethics to those of mota-ethics, are dealt with, and thus his 'Ethics' is well known as a good introductory book of ethics.
Moreoevr, his 'Ethics' dose not merely introduce and analyse theories of many philosophers but also provides with his own views and so it is more than a good introductory book. Nevertheless, it is certain that it is a kind of textbook rather than a professional work of ethics. Accordingly, th aim of this thesis is not to study the problems of ethics professionally but to deal with the fundamental problems of ethics generally. In other words, as the ethics of analytical philosophy is not still introduced sufficiently in our country, this thesis, to begin with, is intended to summarize theories about the fundamental problems which analytical philosophy proclaims, and then to suggest the direction of supplementing such theories from the standpoint of Eastern traditional thoughts.