Watsuji Tetsuro (1889–1960) is famous for having constructed a systematic socio-political ethics on the basis of the idea of emptiness. This essay examines his 1938 essay “The Concept of ‘Dharma’ and the Dialectics of Emptiness in Buddhist Philosophy” and the posthumously published The History of Buddhist Ethical Thought (based on lectures given in the 1920s), in order to clarify the Buddhist roots of his ethics. It aims to answer two main questions which are fundamentally linked: “Which way does Watsuji's legacy turn: toward totalitarianism or toward a balanced theory of selflessness?” and “Is Watsuji's systematic ethics Buddhist?” In order to answer these questions, this essay discusses Watsuji's view of dharma, dependent arising, and morality in Hīnayāna Buddhism. It then proceeds to Watsuji's fine-tuning of the concept of emptiness in Mādhyamika and Yogācāra Buddhism. Finally, this essay shows how Watsuji's modernist Buddhist theory connects to his own systematic ethical theory. These two theories share a focus on non-duality, negation, and emptiness. But they differ in their accounts of the relations between the individual and the community, between the “is” and the “ought,” and between hermeneutics and transcendence. These findings give us hints as to Watsuji's origins, pitfalls, and possibilities.

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Watsuji Tetsuro的空性伦理的佛教根源

Watsuji Tetsuro（1889-1960）以在空性思想的基础上构建系统的社会政治伦理而闻名。这篇文章考察了他 1938 年的论文“佛法的概念和佛教哲学中的空性辩证法”和他死后出版的《佛教伦理思想史》（基于 1920 年代的讲座），以阐明佛教的佛教根源。他的道德。它旨在回答两个从根本上联系在一起的主要问题：“Watsuji 的遗产将转向哪个方向：走向极权主义还是走向平衡的无私理论？” 和“Watsuji的系统伦理是佛教徒吗？” 为了回答这些问题，本文探讨了和治在小乘佛教中的法、缘起、道德观。然后前往Watsuji' 微调中观和瑜伽中的空性概念。最后，本文展示了 Watsuji 的现代主义佛教理论如何与他自己的系统伦理理论联系起来。这两种理论共同关注非二元性、否定性和空性。但是，他们对个人与共同体之间、“是”与“应该”之间的关系以及诠释学与超越之间的关系的描述有所不同。这些发现为我们提供了关于 Watsuji 的起源、陷阱和可能性的提示。在“是”和“应该”之间，在诠释学和超越之间。这些发现为我们提供了关于 Watsuji 的起源、陷阱和可能性的提示。在“是”和“应该”之间，在诠释学和超越之间。这些发现为我们提供了关于 Watsuji 的起源、陷阱和可能性的提示。