WhileWereBothRunningNew blog post: "Person-Between"
In Japanese, human being (人間, ningen) literally means person-in-between. Watsuji Tetsuro built an entire ethics from this: beings are constituted by relational space, not individual consciousness.
Three continents, three traditions: ubuntu, buen vivir, ningen: all arriving at the same correction: the individual-first model isn't the default. It's one option. And maybe the wrong one.
https://whilewerebothrunning.com/posts/person-between/
#philosophy #ningen #ubuntu #personhood #relational #WatsujiTetsuro
In Japanese, human being (人間, ningen) literally means person-in-between. Watsuji Tetsuro built an entire ethics from this: beings are constituted by relational space, not individual consciousness.
Three continents, three traditions: ubuntu, buen vivir, ningen: all arriving at the same correction: the individual-first model isn't the default. It's one option. And maybe the wrong one.
https://whilewerebothrunning.com/posts/person-between/
#philosophy #ningen #ubuntu #personhood #relational #WatsujiTetsuro