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    Philosophy and History, Customs and Ethics
    Philosophy East and West 73 (2): 420-428. 2023.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Philosophy and History, Customs and EthicsHui-Chieh Loy (bio)Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China: Contestation of Humaneness, Justice, and Personal Freedom. By Tao Jiang. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.Tao Jiang's Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China is a serious tour de force of a study. In many ways, I am reminded of Angus Graham's Disputers of the Tao and Benjamin Schwartz' The World of Th…Read more
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    Introduction
    Australasian Philosophical Review 5 (4): 323-326. 2021.
    Professor Kwong-loi Shun is probably best known among contemporary researchers of Chinese philosophy for his book Mencius and Early Chinese Thought [Shun 2000], which presents an analytical treatme...
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    Comments on Siufu T ang ’s Self-Realization through Confucian Learning
    Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 19 (1): 133-137. 2020.
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    Thoughts about Lloyd's Multidimensionality of Reality
    Australasian Philosophical Review 1 (3): 277-280. 2017.
    ABSTRACTThe response comments upon the idea of there being a multidimensionality to reality that G.E.R. Lloyd introduced in recent works. The idea is that while different equally intelligent perceivers might inhabit one and the same world, there can be a plurality of equally valid accounts. In putting forward the idea, Lloyd sought to strike a balance between ‘realism’ and ‘relativism.’ The response proposes two main points. First, the most interesting version of the thesis will have to be about…Read more
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    On the Argument for Jian’ai
    Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 12 (4): 487-504. 2013.
    In all three versions of the “Jian’ai” 兼愛 Chapter in the Mozi 墨子, variations of a central argument may be found. This argument proceeds by advancing a diagnosis for what causes the various evils that beset the world, and it is on this basis that the Mohists propose jian’ai as the solution. The study examines this main argument in some detail, with the aim of improving both our understanding of the Mohist ethical doctrine and also our appreciation of their argumentative practices. The study shows…Read more
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    What Has J. L. Austin to Do with Confucius?
    International Philosophical Quarterly 42 (2): 193-208. 2002.
    In the first chapter of Confucius: The Secular as Sacred, Herbert Fingarette argues that in the Analects Confucius holds the essence of human virtue to be a kind of magic power and this magic can be explained in terms of J. L. Austin’s analysis of the “performative utterance.” This paper attempts to explicate what Fingarette’s claims concerning magic and the “performative” amount to. I will argue that even though there is something to the underlying spirit of Fingarette’s project, he either misu…Read more
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    Review of Van Norden, Bryan W., Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy (review)
    Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 7 (3): 343-345. 2008.
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    War and ghosts in Mozi's political philosophy
    Philosophy East and West 54 (3): 343-363. 2004.
    : It is argued here that Mozi's critique of warfare in the chapter "Against Offensive War" ("Fei gong") cannot be fully understood without the arguments presented in the chapter "Explaining Ghosts" ("Ming gui"). For Mozi, the problem of war can only be resolved if the existence of providential ghosts can be proven. But he indicates in his arguments concerning the existence of ghosts that it is doubtful whether such a condition can be met. Consequently, despite the apparently optimistic tenor of …Read more
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    The Mozi: A Complete Translation (review)
    Philosophy East and West 62 (2): 308-311. 2012.
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    The Word and the Way in Mozi
    Philosophy Compass 6 (10): 652-662. 2011.
    According to A. C. Graham, ‘the crucial question’ for the early Chinese thinkers was ‘Where is the Way [dao]?’–‘the way to order the state and conduct personal life’ rather than ‘What is the Truth?’1 This observation is most apt when applied to the thinking of Mozi and his followers as it is exemplified in the ethical and political chapters of the eponymously named text .2 A striking feature of the Mohists’ thinking, however, is the concern they have with yan , and the role they assigned to yan …Read more
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    Mozi (mo-tzu)
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2007.