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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... respect for diversity, but the essays show that there should also be room for morally legitimate differences with liberal philosophy. The Confucian emphasis on relationality and affective ties may conflict with liberal autonomy in ...
... respect, cultural difference. The trustees of the Ethikon Institute join Philip Valera, president, and Carole Pateman, series editor, and the editor of this volume in thanking all who contributed to the development of this book. In ...
... the seventeenth- century Neo- Confucian scholar Huang Zongxi proposes, according to de Bary, “a constitutional program resembling, in some important respects, the constitutional system of the modern West.”21 There 8 RICHARD MADSEN.
Daniel A. Bell. important respects, the constitutional system of the modern West.”21 There are two main elements in his proposal for institutional innovation. First is a Confucian justification for a rule of law that would place ...
... respect to government and unofficial public opinion about how much social consensus is required and how it should be achieved. But even in Taiwan, which currently is probably the most open society in East Asia, there is less principled ...
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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 |