-
3Confucius and the Meaning of LifeIn Stephen D. Leach & James Tartaglia (eds.), The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers, Routledge. pp. 1-9. 2018.
-
19Natural Law in Mencius and AquinasIn Michael R. Slater, Erin M. Cline & Philip J. Ivanhoe (eds.), Confucianism and Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue. 2020.
-
55Early Confucianism and Contemporary Moral PsychologyPhilosophy Compass 11 (9): 473-485. 2016.The aim of this essay is to introduce scholars to recent discussions of early Confucian ethics that intersect with contemporary moral psychology. Given the early Confucian tradition's intense focus on the cultivation of virtue, there are a number of ways in which early Confucian thinkers – as represented in the texts of the Analects, the Mencius, and the Xunzi – fruitfully engaged in a range of topics that are closely connected to live issues in moral psychology. Not only did they anticipate som…Read more
-
37Anna Alexandrova, A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being , pp. xlv + 196 (review)Utilitas 30 (4): 498-500. 2018.
-
16Skill, Practice, and Virtue: Some Questions and Objections for Aaron StalnakerPhilosophy East and West 71 (2): 520-524. 2021.It is a pleasure to be a part of such great intellectual company in discussing Professor Stalnaker's very rich and insightful book. It is practically impossible not to be impressed by Stalnaker's breadth of knowledge, deep understanding of early Chinese texts, and keen observations about how the early Chinese philosophers offer intellectual resources still very much relevant to us today. My comments will focus on the relationship between skill and virtue. I'll ask one clarificatory question and …Read more
-
Human nature and animal nature: the horak debate and its philosophical significanceIn Youngsun Back & Philip J. Ivanhoe (eds.), Traditional Korean Philosophy: Problems and Debates, Rowman & Littlefield International. 2016.
-
1Filial Piety and Business Ethics: A Confucian ReflectionIn Alejo José G. Sison, Gregory Beabout & Ignacio Ferrero (eds.), Handbook on Virtue Ethics in Business and Management, Springer. 2016.Filial Piety and Business Ethics: A Confucian Reflection
-
19Confucianism and the Philosophy of Well-BeingRoutledge. 2020.Well-being is topic of perennial concern. It has been of significant interest to scholars across disciplines, culture, and time. But like morality, conceptions of well-being are deeply shaped and influenced by one's particular social and cultural context. We ought to pursue, therefore, a cross-cultural understanding of well-being and moral psychology by taking seriously reflections from a variety of moral traditions. This book develops a Confucian account of well-being, considering contemporary …Read more
-
59Human Nature and Moral Sprouts: Mencius on the Pollyanna ProblemPacific Philosophical Quarterly 99 (1): 140-162. 2016.This article responds to a common criticism of Aristotelian naturalism known as the Pollyanna Problem, the objection that Aristotelian naturalism, when combined with recent empirical research, generates morally unacceptable conclusions. In developing a reply to this objection, I draw upon the conception of human nature developed by the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius, and build up an account of ethical naturalism that provides a satisfying response to the Pollyanna Problem while also preserv…Read more
-
41Human Nature and Animal Nature: The Horak Debate and Its Philosophical SignificanceInternational Philosophical Quarterly 55 (4): 437-456. 2015.Philosophical investigation of human nature has a long, distinguished, and multifaceted history. In the East some of the most heated philosophical disputes pertaining to issues concerning moral self-cultivation centered on disagreements about human nature. Within the Neo-Confucian tradition that developed out of Korea, issues concerning human nature took center stage in a dispute now known as the “Horak Debate” that began in the eighteenth century. In this paper I seek to introduce the Horak Deb…Read more
-
3Confucian Virtue Ethics and BusinessIn Ignacio Ferrero, Gregorio Guitian & Alejo Jose G. Sison (eds.), Business Ethics: A Virtue Ethics and Common Good Approach, Routledge. 2018.Confucian Virtue Ethics and Business
-
3Well-Being and ConfucianismIn Guy Fletcher (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being, Routledge. pp. 40-55. 2015.Well-Being and Confucianism
-
4The Role of Human Nature in Moral Inqiury: MacIntyre, Mencius, and XunziHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 32 (4): 313-333. 2015.Appeals to human nature in normative inquiry have fallen out of favor among contemporary philosophers. There are a variety of reasons frequently cited by those who see appeals to human nature as deeply problematic: (a) that the notion of human nature, which conceives nature as having a teleological direction, is incompatible with evolutionary biology; (b) that the manifest diversity of cultural values and traditions falsify any essentialist claims involving a common nature necessarily shared by …Read more
-
-
Loyola University, ChicagoAssistant Professor
Areas of Specialization
2 more
Value Theory |
Normative Ethics |
Philosophical Traditions |
History of Western Philosophy |
Asian Philosophy |
Meta-Ethics |
Applied Ethics |