A Chinese Ethics For The New Century

by Munro, Donald J.

• ISBN13: 9789629960568
• ISBN10: 9629960567
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-30
• Publisher: Chinese Univ Pr

Summary

A link between evolutionary biology and Chinese ethics runs through the essays in this volume. Many advances, since the 1960s and 1970s, within the fields of biology, psychology, and neurology are presented. These findings advance our knowledge of how the mind functions paying special attention to social behavior. Munro focuses on the meaning of these developments, specifically for the study of Confucian ethics, and broadly for Chinese contributions to international discussion of moral topics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Ambrose Y. C. King
Preface	xiii
Introduction Opening a New Frontier: Donald Munro's Research on the History of Chinese Philosophy	xvii
Liu Xiaogan
Part A. The Ch'ien Mu Lectures
Lecture One: Two Kinds of Equality	3	(18)
Lecture Two: Two Objects of Our Affection: What We Can Learn from Zhu Xi	21	(12)
Lecture Three: Two Kinds of Models and the Value of Autonomy	33	(14)
Part B. A Chinese Ethics for the New Century
The Biological Basis of Confucian Ethics: Or, A Reason Why Confucianism Has Endured for So Long	47	(14)
Mencius and an Ethics of the New Century	61	(10)
A Modern Way to Justify Ethical Rules: J. S. Mill, Mencius, and Current Biology	71	(10)
Human Malleability and Its Contexts	81	(10)
Part C. Western Sinology
Recent Western Scholarship Relevant to Chinese Philosophy	91	(18)
Yes, There Is a Core Confucianism Out There	109	(8)
Donald Munro Answers Questions from An Yanming, for the Book, Confucianism and Liberalism	117	(14)
Appendix: Donald Munro's Key Works	131	(2)
Notes	133	(12)
Selected Glossary	145	(2)
Index	147