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    Political implications of compassion in Mencius
    Diogenes 63 (1-2): 35-47. 2016.
    This paper examines Mencius’ view on compassion in the political realm by proposing that Mencius defends compassionate governance by reconciling the two extremes of Yangist self-love and Mohist universal love. This paper proposes a reading of two famous stories, namely, the story of a young child on the verge of falling into a well, and the story of King Xuan of Qi sparing an ox as paradigmatic cases for understanding Mencius’ account of compassion in the political realm. This paper argues that …Read more
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    Les enjeux politiques de la compassion chez Mencius
    with Nicole G. Albert
    Diogène 255 (2): 68-86. 2018.
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    Political implications of compassion in Mencius
    Diogenes 63 (1-2): 35-47. 2016.
    This paper examines Mencius’ view on compassion in the political realm by proposing that Mencius defends compassionate governance by reconciling the two extremes of Yangist self-love and Mohist universal love. This paper proposes a reading of two famous stories, namely, the story of a young child on the verge of falling into a well, and the story of King Xuan of Qi sparing an ox as paradigmatic cases for understanding Mencius’ account of compassion in the political realm. This paper argues that …Read more
  •  5
    Political implications of compassion in Mencius
    Diogenes 63 (1-2): 35-47. 2016.
    This paper examines Mencius’ view on compassion in the political realm by proposing that Mencius defends compassionate governance by reconciling the two extremes of Yangist self-love and Mohist universal love. This paper proposes a reading of two famous stories, namely, the story of a young child on the verge of falling into a well, and the story of King Xuan of Qi sparing an ox as paradigmatic cases for understanding Mencius’ account of compassion in the political realm. This paper argues that …Read more
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    Les enjeux politiques de la compassion chez Mencius
    with Nicole G. Albert
    Diogène 255 (2): 68-86. 2018.