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690Mencius and Augustine on EvilIn Professor Bo Mou & Bo Mou (eds.), Two Roads to Wisdom?: Chinese and Analytic Philosophical Traditions, Open Court Publishing. pp. 313-36. 2001.
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245Anthropocentric Realism about ValuesIn Chenyang Li & Peimin Ni (eds.), Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character: Engaging Joel J. Kupperman, State University of New York Press. pp. 65-96. 2014.31 The choice of human goals cannot be completely subjective, because 32 there are some (even ones that motivate many humans) that are simply 33 unintelligible as ultimate goals. For example, wealth is rational as an 34 intermediate goal, a means to achieving some further end, but it is simply 35 unintelligible to suggest that wealth is an ultimate goal in itself. Second, 36 we have seen that some things are reasonable to pursue as aspects of 37 our ultimate goals (like prestige and pleasure), b…Read more
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69Readings in classical Chinese philosophy (edited book)Hackett. 2001.This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi, Mengzi, Zhuangzi, and Xunzi ; two new works, the dialogues _Robber Zhi_ and _White Horse_; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought.
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41Mencius: Contexts and interpretations. Edited by Alan K. L. Chan. (Honolulu: University of hawaii press, 2002. 328 pp.) (review)Journal of Chinese Philosophy 30 (2). 2003.
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47Gardner, Daniel K., trans., The four books: The basic teachings of the later confucian traditionDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 7 (1): 103-106. 2008.
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2Mencian Philosophic PsychologyDissertation, Stanford University. 1991.This dissertation is an investigation of the philosophic psychology of Mengzi , a Chinese Confucian of the 4th century B.C. As such, it is concerned with the role of desires, emotions, and practical reasoning in Mengzi's conception of self-cultivation and ethical flourishing. In chapter 1, I discuss why Mengzi is still worth studying by philosophers, certain hermeneutic issues, and the historical factors that account for some of the characteristic differences between Chinese and Western philosop…Read more
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693Competing interpretations of the inner chapters of the "zhuangzi"Philosophy East and West 46 (2): 247-268. 1996.In the Inner Chapters, arguments for a variety of different philosophical positions are present, including skepticism, relativism, particularism, and objectivism. Given that these are not all mutually consistent, we are left with the problem of reconciling the tensions among them. The various positions are described and passages from the Inner Chapters are presented illustrating each. A detailed commentary is offered on the opening of the Inner Chapters, arguing that it is best understood in an …Read more
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Beyond Morality: DvdMilk Bottle Productions. 2001.Are moral systems actually impediments to leading a truly good human life? What is good and what is not good? Do we need anyone to tell us these things? With Russ Shaffer-Landau, Bryan Van Norden, and Richard Garner
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364A response to the mohist arguments in "impartial caring"In Kim Chong Chong, Sor-Hoon Tan & C. L. Ten (eds.), The moral circle and the self: Chinese and Western approaches, Open Court. 2003.
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468Sim, may, remastering morals with Aristotle and confucius (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 8 (1): 109-111. 2009.
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298Fraser, Chris, Dan Robins, and Timothy O’Leary, eds., Ethics in Early China: Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011, xvi+312 pages (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 12 (3): 393-398. 2013.
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313Olberding, Amy, ed., Dao Companion to the Analects: New York: Springer, 2014, vi + 369 pages (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 13 (4): 605-608. 2014.
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273Kelleher, M. Theresa, trans., The Journal of Wu Yubi: The Path to Sagehood (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 14 (3): 459-462. 2015.
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Beyond Morality: No Dogs or Philosophers AllowedDVD. forthcoming.Are moral systems actually impediments to leading a truly good human life? What is good and what is not good? Do we need anyone to tell us these things? With Russ Shaffer-Landau, Bryan Van Norden, and Richard Garner
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196Review of Ivanhoe, Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (review)Journal of Asian Studies 55 (4): 983-84. 1996.Self-cultivation is a topic that has been largely ignored by Western moral philosophers. In contrast, it is a central concern of philosophers in the Confucian tradition. In this brief and highly readable book, Ivanhoe introduces the theories of self-cultivation of some of the most important figures in the Confucian tradition. (See the table of contents, below.) Although Confucianism is sometimes presented as a monolithic movement, Ivanhoe stresses the diversity within the Confucian tradition ove…Read more
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18nnas' article is the first of three in a "Symposium on Ancient Ethics." She begins with the observation that ancient ethics are "eudaemonist" in form. That is, they assume "that each of us has a vague and unarticulated idea of an overall or final goal in our life," which we label eudaimonia or happiness, "and the task of ethical theory is to give each person a clear, articulated, and correct account of this overall goal and how to achieve it" (p. 241; Annas defends this generalization, which is …Read more
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Moral Realism and Irrealism |
Virtue Ethics |
Classical Chinese Philosophy |
Chinese Neo-Confucianism |
Chinese Buddhist Philosophy |
Meta-Ethics |
Asian Philosophy |