Confucian Political EthicsDaniel A. Bell Princeton University Press, 2008 - 273 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. Drawing upon in-depth, cross-cultural dialogues, the contributors delve into the relationship of Confucian political ethics to contemporary social issues, exploring Confucian perspectives on civil society, government, territorial boundaries and boundaries of the human body and body politic, and ethical pluralism. They examine how Confucianism, often dismissed as backwardly patriarchal, can in fact find common ground with a range of contemporary feminist values and need not hinder gender equality. And they show how Confucian theories about war and peace were formulated in a context not so different from today's international system, and how they can help us achieve a more peaceful global community. This thought-provoking volume affirms the enduring relevance of Confucian moral and political thinking, and will stimulate important debate among policymakers, researchers, and students of politics, philosophy, applied ethics, and East Asian studies. The contributors are Daniel A. Bell, Joseph Chan, Sin Yee Chan, Chenyang Li, Richard Madsen, Ni Lexiong, Peter Nosco, Michael Nylan, Henry Rosemont, Jr., and Lee H. Yearley. |
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... serve to distribute nothing , since strictly speaking there is no such thing as territorial boundary under the Confucian ideal theory of the cosmopolitan politi- cal order . But when that condition does not obtain , when there are ...
... serve as officials . In this way , it could be argued , women are still excluded from the ideal of junzi . Similarly ... serve ( or be available to serve ) is , I believe , inconsistent with the Confucian political philosophy . In saying ...
... serving in the government is the only political means to accomplish the goal . The crux of the issue lies in the ... serve as a role model . This is the way of a junzi : " The virtue of the junzi is like wind ; the virtue of the ...