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12On ConfuciusWadsworth. 2002.This brief text assists students in understanding Confucius' philosophy and thinking so they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the Wadsworth Notes Series,, ON CONFUCIUS is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in the series, this concise book offers sufficient insight into the thinking of a notable philosopher, better enabling students to engage in reading…Read more
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762Seek and You Will Find It; Let Go and You Will Lose It: Exploring a Confucian Approach to Human DignityDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 13 (2): 173-198. 2014.While the concept of Menschenwürde (universal human dignity) has served as the foundation for human rights, it is absent in the Confucian tradition. However, this does not mean that Confucianism has no resources for a broadly construed notion of human dignity. Beginning with two underlying dilemmas in the notion of Menschenwürde and explaining how Confucianism is able to avoid them, this essay articulates numerous unique features of a Confucian account of human dignity, and shows that the Confuc…Read more
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9The Other Side of the Coin—Response to the Comments on My Paper on a Confucian Approach to Human DignityDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 15 (4): 631-637. 2016.
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Kinds of warrant : a Confucian response to Plantinga's theory of the knowledge of the ultimateIn M. T. Stepani͡ant͡s (ed.), Knowledge and Belief in the Dialogue of Cultures, Council For Research in Values and Philosophy. 2009.The paper uses Alvin Plantinga’s notion of “warrant” as a reference to show that Confucian beliefs are warranted in a different sense. It is warranted through an immanent reflection, determination, and manifestation of human virtues, not through a transcendental plan. By comparing Plantinga’s theory of warranted Christian beliefs and the Confucian approach to its own beliefs, I try to explain why Confucians are not worried about whether their beliefs are in general true or not.
Areas of Specialization
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Asian Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Action |