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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... traditions have presented the views of their respective traditions on particular topics and specific questions of great contemporary importance. The conferences are designed to identify and explore the commonalities and differences ...
... tradition, interpreted differently at different times and places and complemented in sometimes conflicting ways with Legalism, Daoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and, more recently, Western liberalism? The contributors to this book ...
... tradition to an important extent. If similar values can be derived from other traditions such as Islam or Christianity, then adherents of those traditions are not likely to invoke Confucianism. Moreover, there may be areas of conflict ...
... traditions. Those traditions are complex, pluralistic, and full of conflicting and contradictory ideas about how to live a good life in a well- ordered world. Major strands include the Daoist celebration of natural, virtually ...
... tradition blended some metaphysical ideas from Buddhism with the moral teachings of Confucius (551–478 b.c.e.) and his disciples (particularly Mencius, 390–305 b.c.e.), which advocated a middle way between Daoist anarchism and Legalist ...
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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 |