• Associate Professor
  • M.A. in Philosophy, Tunghai University
  • Applied Ethics、Environmental Ethics、Bioethics、Business Ethics
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Current Position

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Previous Academic Appointments

  • Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tunghai University
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National Chung Cheng University
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for General Education, National Chiao Tung University
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for General Education, Feng Chia University
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Huafan University
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for General Education, Hsing Wu University of Science and Technology
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Central Police University

Education

  • Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Taiwan
    Dissertation: Justifying Corporate Citizenship from Kantian Moral Philosophy, 2007
  • M.A. in Philosophy, Tunghai University
    Thesis: Paradox and Language in Zhuangzi—A Comparative Study with Wittgenstein, 1986

Publications (Books and Theses)

  • Dialogue Between Classics and Life (co-authored with Yu Hui-chen et al.), Chiayi: Nanhua University Press, 2012
  • Philosophy and Life (co-authored with Hsiao Hung-en et al.), Taipei: Yang Chih Publishing, 2005

Selected Journal Articles & Book Chapters

(Selected from over two decades of research contributions)

  • “On Animal Rights through Kant’s Theory of Indirect Duties,” Journal of Applied Ethics, No. 56 (2014): 9–22
  • “Virtue, Care, and Justice in Practice—Challenges for Contemporary Virtue Ethics,” presented at Life, Spirit, and Philosophical Practice Conference, Huafan University, 2014
  • “Caring Ethics and Philosophical Counseling: Views and Challenges” (with Yu Hui-yu), Philosophical Counseling and Practical Wisdom Conference, Huafan University, 2013
  • “Educational Perspectives on Happiness and Ethics of Care” (with Yu Hui-yu), Conference on Philosophy and Education, Nanhua University, 2013
  • “Between Rights–Based and Ethics–Based Civil Society: On the Divergence of Rawls and Kant,” Jie Di, No. 24 (2013): 169–200
  • “From Rousseau and Huang Zongxi to Rawls: Reflecting on the Gap Between Popular Sovereignty and Democracy,” in Lao Sze-Kwang’s Thought and Contemporary Philosophy and Culture, Taipei: Huafan University, 2012, pp. 260–273
  • “Stakeholder Democracy: Metaphor and Its Challenges,” Taiwan Philosophical Society Conference, Taipei Medical University, 2011
  • “From Metaphor to Norm: Re-examining Democratic Elements in Stakeholder Democracy,” Second Dao and De Conference, Chinese Culture University, 2011
  • “Care and Friendship: Kant on Duties of Virtue and the Ultimate End,” Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Feb. 2009): 93–117 (A&HCI)
  • “The Idea of Teleology and Its Problems in Kant’s Cultural Philosophy,” in The Idea and Practice of Cultural Philosophy, Taipei: Huafan University, 2009
  • “Promoting Others’ Happiness as an End: Reconciling Teleology and Deontology in Kant’s Ethics,” TPS Conference on Science, Normativity, and Practical Reason, NCCU, 2008
  • “Kant on Business Organizations and Their Ethical Implications,” Culture and Transformation Conference, Hsing Wu University, 2008
  • “The Corporation as a Moral Community: A Kantian Perspective,” Applied Ethics Conference, Fo Guang University, 2006
  • “Justifying Stakeholder Theory in Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective,” Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 32, No. 8 (2005): 71–92
  • “Political Participation and Value Neutrality: Rawls and Raz Compared,” Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 32, No. 6 (2005): 35–52
  • “Is Mencius a ‘Moral Zealot’? A Response to Kant’s Critique,” Kant and Confucianism Conference, National Central University, 2004
  • “Commercial Ethics of Taiwan’s SARS Media Coverage,” Applied Ethics Research Bulletin, No. 28 (2003): 20–24
  • “Ethical Concerns in Online Privacy Policies,” Applied Ethics Research Bulletin, No. 23 (2002): 44–53
  • “Value Pluralism and College Admissions Reform in Taiwan,” Confucianism and Education Conference, Hualien Teachers College, 2002
  • “The Ethics of Online Privacy,” General Education Annual, No. 2 (2000): 89–109
  • “On Time in Nagarjuna’s Middle Way Treatise,” Chinese Culture Monthly, No. 238 (2000): 45–58
  • “On the Scope of Euthanasia Legislation,” National Policy Analysis Biweekly, No. 3 (1991): 12–16
  • “Falsifiability and Its Limits in Karl Popper’s Philosophy,” Tunghai Journal of Philosophy, No. 7 (1985): 3–12

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