Confucian Ethics: A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy, and Community

240 Pages·2004·0.93 MB·English

by  Kwong-Loi Shun

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ConfucianEthics
AComparativeStudyofSelf,Autonomy,andCommunity
TheChineseethicaltraditionhasoftenbeenthoughttoopposeWest-
ernviewsoftheselfasautonomousandpossessedofindividualrights
withviewsthatemphasizethecentralityofrelationshipandcommu-
nity to the self. The essays in this collection discuss the validity of
that contrast as it concerns Confucianism, the single most influen-
tial Chinese school of thought. Alasdair MacIntyre, the single most
influentialphilosophertoarticulatetheneedfordialogueacrosstra-
ditions,contributesaconcludingessayofcommentary.
ThisistheonlyconsistentlyphilosophicalcollectiononAsiaand
human rights and could be used in courses on comparative ethics,
politicalphilosophy,andAsianareastudies.
Kwong-loiShunisProfessorofPhilosophyandEastAsianStudiesat
theUniversityofToronto.
DavidB.WongisProfessorofPhilosophyatDukeUniversity.
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Confucian Ethics
A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy,
and Community
Edited by
KWONG-LOI SHUN
UniversityofToronto
DAVID B. WONG
DukeUniversity
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Contents
Contributors page vii
Introduction 1
section i: rights and community
1 AreIndividualRightsNecessary?AConfucianPerspective 11
CraigK.Ihara
2 RightsandCommunityinConfucianism 31
DavidB.Wong
3 WhoseDemocracy?WhichRights?AConfucianCritique
ofModernWesternLiberalism 49
HenryRosemont,Jr.
4 TheNormativeImpactofComparativeEthics:
HumanRights 72
ChadHansen
section ii: self and self-cultivation
5 TraditionandCommunityintheFormationofCharacter
andSelf 103
JoelJ.Kupperman
6 ATheoryofConfucianSelfhood:Self-Cultivationand
FreeWillinConfucianPhilosophy 124
Chung-yingCheng
7 TheVirtueofRighteousnessinMencius 148
BryanW.VanNorden
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8 ConceptionofthePersoninEarlyConfucianThought 183
Kwong-loiShun
section iii: comments
9 QuestionsforConfucians:ReflectionsontheEssaysin
ComparativeStudyofSelf,Autonomy,andCommunity 203
AlasdairMacIntyre
GlossaryofChineseTerms 219
Index 223
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Contributors
Chung-yingCheng,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa
ChadHansen,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofHongKong
Craig K. Ihara, Professor of Philosophy, California State University at
Fullerton
JoelJ.Kupperman,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofConnecticut
AlasdairMacIntyre,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofNotreDame
Henry Rosemont, Jr., Professor Emeritus, St. Mary’s College of Maryland,
and Professorial Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies,
JohnsHopkinsUniversity
Kwong-loiShun,ProfessorofPhilosophyandEastAsianStudies,University
ofToronto
BryanW.VanNorden,AssociateProfessorofPhilosophy,VassarCollege
DavidB.Wong,ProfessorofPhilosophy,DukeUniversity
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