Research Output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Chinese Name : 冼偉林
Variants : Sin, W.
William Sin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning at the Education University of Hong Kong, working in philosophy, with a focus on ethics.
His research interests include filial obligation, long-term caregiving and its moral implications, the problem of demandingness, Confucianism, Zen Buddhism, and the relation between ethics and ancient Chinese literature. He has published in journals that include the Journal of Moral Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, and Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy.
Research interests
Moral philosophy, more specifically consequentialism, Moral relativism, Nietzsche and morality, and Exploration of the ethical status of the characters in the Water Margin (an ancient Chinese novel).
Professional information
Scopus ID : 35301004500
ORCID : 0000-0001-5838-2708
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Water
Arts & Humanities
Caregiving
Arts & Humanities
Killing
Arts & Humanities
Morality
Arts & Humanities
Outlaw
Arts & Humanities
Demandingness
Arts & Humanities
Moral Theory
Arts & Humanities
Confucianism
Arts & Humanities
Research Outputs 2000 2018
Adult children’s obligations towards their parents: A contractualist explanation
SIN, W. L. W., May 2018, In : Journal of Value Inquiry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Wu Song's killing of his sister-in-law: An ethical analysis
SIN, W. L. W., 2018, In : Dao. 17, 2, p. 231-246Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Sister
Ethical Analysis
Killing
Song
Traditional Values
The water margin, moral criticism, and cultural confrontation
SIN, W. L. W., Mar 2017, In : Dao. 16, 1, p. 95-111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Moral Criticism
Confrontation
Water
Outlaw
Governance
Wu Song’s killing of his sister-in-law: An ethical analysis
SIN, W. L. W., Apr 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Bruce Lee, Zhixing, and the trolley problem: Cultivating the right response in the desperate moment
SIN, W. L. W., Jan 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Trolley Problem
Artist
Right Action
Doctrine
Deliverance