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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).
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Scopus ID : 35301004500
ORCID : 0000-0001-5838-2708
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Research Outputs
Adult children’s obligations towards their parents: A contractualist explanation
SIN, W. L. W., Mar 2019, In : Journal of Value Inquiry. 53, 1, p. 19-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Confucianism, rule‐consequentialism, and the demands of filial obligations
SIN, W. L. W., Jun 2019, In : Journal of Religious Ethics. 47, 2, p. 377-393Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Filial obligation, zhixing and the importance of morality
SIN, W. L. W., Jun 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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
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