{"product_id":"9780791490303","title":"Encounter with Enlightenment: A Study of Japanese Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the influence of Shintoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism on Japanese ethics, with implications for our understanding of various social, economic, and environmental problems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Encounter with Enlightenment, Robert E. Carter puts forth the East, and specifically Japan, as a source of possible solutions to the world's social, economic, and environmental problems. Not only is the book a sustained scholarly analysis of both the religious and philosophical roots of Japan's distinctive ethical approach to life, but it also provides the Western reader with a context for understanding Eastern values-values that although familiar to the West tend to be deemphasized. Encounter with Enlightenment begins a horizontal fusion between East and West, and establishes a common ground for mutual understanding and for working toward an ethical approach that could resolve some of the earth's difficulties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531632726257,"sku":"9780791490303","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780791490303_p0.jpg?v=1765563169","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780791490303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}