Secret Subversion I: Mou Zongsan, Kant, and Early Confucianism

ISBN-13: 9781032336008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 148 str.

Tang Wenming; Cathy Tong

Opis

Mou Zongsan (1909-1995), one of the representatives of Modern Confucianism, belongs to the most important Chinese philosophers in the 20^th century. From a more traditional Confucian perspective, this book makes a critical analysis on Mou’s "moral metaphysics", mainly his thoughts about Confucian ethos.

Spis treści

Part 1 The Reduction of Morality 

Chapter I. Autonomy and Altruism: On the Moralistic Interpretation of Confucian Thought 

Chapter II. Do the Zhou People’s Concern-Consciousness and Respect for Virtue Constitute a Moral Breakthrough? 

Chapter III. Is the Confucian Doctrine of Benevolence a Moralistic Doctrine? 

Chapter IV. Is Mencius’ Theory of Goodness of Human Nature a Moral Metaphysics? 

Part 2 The Appropriation of Autonomy 

Chapter I. The Spirit of Confucian Ethics and Autonomous Morality 

Chapter II. Mencius on the Internality of Benevolence and Righteousness 

Chapter III. "The Internality of Benevolence and Righteousness" and Autonomous Morality 

Chapter IV. Confucian Ethics: Virtue-Based or Law-Based? 

O autorze

Tang Wenming is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics and Religions Studies at Tsinghua University. He is also Secretary General of the Chinese Confucian Academy. His research areas are ethics, Chinese philosophy and religious studies.