Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously: Contemporary Theories and Applications

by Yu, Kam-por; Tao, Julia; Ivanhoe, Philip J.

• ISBN13: 9781438433141
• ISBN10: 143843314X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-02
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

A consideration of Confucian ethics as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance.

Author Biography

Kam-por Yu is Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Julia Tao is Professor in Department of Public and Social Administration at City University of Hong Kong. She is the editor of several books, including (with Anthony B. L. Cheung, Chenyang Li, and Martin Painter) Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond. Philip J. Ivanhoe is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Public and Social Administration at City University of Hong Kong. He is the author of several books, including Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming and Confucian Moral Self Cultivation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Why Take Confucian Ethics Seriously?	p. 1
What It Means to Take Chinese Ethics Seriously	p. 13
The Handling of Multiple Values in Confucian Ethics	p. 27
Humanity or Benevolence? The Interpretation of Confucian Ren and Its Modern Implications	p. 53
East Asian Conceptions of the Public and Private Realms	p. 73
Trust Within Democracy: A Reconstructed Confucian Perspective	p. 99
A Defense of Ren-Based Interpretation of Early Confucian Ethics	p. 123
Is Sympathy Naive?: Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being	p. 145
The Nature of the Virtues in Light of the Early Confucian Tradition	p. 163
The Values of Spontaneity	p. 183
List of Contributors	p. 209
Index	p. 213
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