William Sin

Biographic Data

ID1490296
NAMEWilliam Sin
GIVEN NAMESWilliam
FAMILY NAMESin
SIGNATURESIN W
AFFILIATIONSEducation University of Hong Kong
ORCID0000-0001-5838-2708
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Commercial Sex or Romance? Men's Sexual Scripts in Compensated Dating

    Cassini Sai Kwan Chu, William SinARTICLEDeviant Behavior2024Cited by: 4References: 45

    Compensated dating is a contestable phenomenon. While most academic and public discourses have paid considerable attentions to young girls who provide compensated dating, little is known about men who buy it. Drawing from 33 in-depth interviews with male clients of compensated dating in Hong Kong, this empirical study provides a qualitative analysis of their experiences. The findings show that compensated dating is not only a platform where men c…

  • Modesty, Confucianism, and active indifference

    William SinARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory2022Cited by: 1References: 4

    How do people acquire modesty? A simple answer is: if people see that modesty is a worthy trait, they will incorporate it into their character. However, sometimes the knowledge that one is modest would undermine one’s modesty. So, Driver claims that the modest person must not know his merits. If we are to accept Driver’s claim, it would be difficult for us to conceive how learners can consciously acquire this virtue. In response, Bommarito puts f…

  • If Confucius met Scanlon-Understanding filial piety from Confucianism and Contractualism

    Open AccessWilliam SinARTICLEPhilosophy Compass2021References: 28

    How much should adult children sacrifice to care for their chronically ill parents? If parents commit crimes, should their children report them to the authorities? What are the demands of filial obligation in these cases? Traditionally, Confucians have favoured a somewhat stringent view of filial obligation. By this view, adult children have to provide long-term care to their parents as well as place their parents' interests over any concerns of …

  • Confucianism, Rule‐Consequentialism, and the Demands of Filial Obligations

    Open AccessWilliam SinARTICLEJournal of Religious Ethics2019

    Why should I take care of my aging parents? How far will morality require me to sacrifice for this cause? I will study these questions from the perspectives of Confucianism and rule‐consequentialism. Confucians believe that the continuity of families and the interactions between members of different generations can enhance the integrity of society in the long run. However, since Confucianism may impose extreme demands on its followers, this theor…

  • Adult Children’s Obligations Towards Their Parents

    Open AccessWilliam SinARTICLEThe Journal of Value Inquiry2018

  • Becoming a Male Client of Compensated Dating

    Cassini Sai Kwan Chu, William Sin et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2016Cited by: 18References: 34

    This study explores men's experiences in compensated dating (CD), particularly their process of becoming a client of CD in Hong Kong. By drawing on 30 individual interviews with male clients, cyber-ethnography of a major CD on-line forum, informal conversations with CD participants, off-line participant observations, and the sparse literature available on this under-examined social phenomenon, we also analyze men's subjective understandings of be…

  • The Demandingness of Confucianism in the Case of Long-Term Caregiving 1

    William SinARTICLEAsian Philosophy2013

    Trends of recent demographical development show that the world's population is aging at its fastest clip ever. In this paper, I ask whether adult children should support the life of their chronically ill parents as long as it takes, and I analyze the matter with regard to the doctrine of Confucianism. As the virtue of filial piety plays a central role in the ethics of Confucianism, adult children will face stringent demands while giving care to t…