Virtue Ethics and Confucianism.
This volume presents the fruits of an extended dialogue among American and Chinese philosophers concerning the relations between virtue ethics and the Confucian tradition. Based on recent advances in English-language scholarship on and translation of Confucian philosophy, the book demonstrates that...
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2013
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Virtue Ethics and Confucianism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I Debating the Scope and Applicability of "Virtue" and "Virtue Ethics"; 2 Virtue Ethics and Confucian Ethics; 3 Virtue Ethics and the Chinese Confucian Tradition; 4 Confucianism, Kant, and Virtue Ethics; 5 Toward a Synthesis of Confucianism and Aristotelianism; 6 Virtue Ethics and Confucianism: A Methodological Reflection; 7 Confucian Ethics and Virtue Ethics Revisited; Part II Happiness, Luck, and Ultimate Goals.
- 8 The Impossibility of Perfection9 Structured Inclusivism about Human Flourishing: A Mengzian Formulation; 10 The Target of Life in Aristotle and Wang Yangming; 11 Varieties of Moral Luck in Ethical and Political Philosophy for Confucius and Aristotle; Part III Practicality, Justification, and Action Guidance; 12 The Practicality of Ancient Virtue Ethics: Greece and China; 13 How Virtues Provide Action Guidance: Confucian Military Virtues At Work; 14 Rationality and Virtue in the Mencius; 15 Between Generalism and Particularism: The Cheng Brothers' Neo-Confucian Virtue Ethics.
- Part IV Moral Psychology and Particular Virtues16 What Is Confucian Humility?; 17 Is Conscientiousness a Virtue? Confucian Answers; 18 The Virtues of Justice in Zhu Xi; 19 Is Empathy the "One Thread" Running through Confucianism?; 20 The Limits of Empathy; Notes; References; Index.
