Confucian Political EthicsDaniel A. Bell Princeton University Press, 24 באפר׳ 2010 - 264 עמודים For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. Internationally renowned philosophers, historians, and social scientists argue otherwise in Confucian Political Ethics. They show how classical Confucian theory--with its emphasis on family ties, self-improvement, education, and the social good--is highly relevant to the most pressing dilemmas confronting us today. |
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... classical Confucian theory in the contemporary world. For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. But with the experience of rapid development in East ...
... classical Confucianism: one can draw on its ethical and political insights without completely abandoning religious commitments of various sorts. It is not uncommon today for people to identify with both Confucianism and Christianity ...
... classical Chinese characters, it was a new combination of characters, used in a new sense, to name a modern phenomenon—the development in Treaty Port cities of a separate societal sphere of life that could be at least analytically ...
... classical Confucianism's traditional concerns, such as how one might become a better ruler, “citizen,” or family member. After 960 Chinese Confucian scholars succeeded in refashioning and revitalizing their tradition so as to compete ...
... classical texts and commentaries as a prerequisite for participation in the civil service; institutionalized opportunities for individual remonstrance with the political order, which are examined toward the end of this essay; social ...
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Civil Society Government and Confucianism A Commentary | 46 |
BOUNDARIES AND JUSTICE | 59 |
Territorial Boundaries and Confucianism | 61 |
Boundaries of the Body and Body Politic in Early Confucian Thought | 85 |
ETHICAL PLURALISM | 111 |
Confucian Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism | 113 |
CONTEMPORARY FEMINISM | 145 |
Gender and Relationship Roles in the Analects and the Mencius | 147 |
The Confucian Concept of Ren and the Feminist Ethics of Care A Comparative Study | 175 |
WAR AND PEACE | 199 |
The Implications of Ancient Chinese Military Culture for World Peace | 201 |
Just War and Confucianism Implications for the Contemporary World | 226 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 257 |
INDEX | 259 |