Confucian Ethics: Body and Application

Author: Huang Huiying
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This is an outstanding and inspiring collection of essays. Dr. Huang Huiying skillfully combines Confucian ethics with contemporary Anglo-American moral philosophy, allowing the two to illuminate each other. She convincingly argues that the Confucian tradition contains features related to the concept of moral ethics, and that the critique of ethical theory by anti-theorists does not easily apply to the Confucian tradition. At the same time, she insightfully employs concepts from contemporary moral psychology to elucidate the meaning of Confucian texts. Suitable for readers interested in Confucian thought and contemporary moral philosophy, particularly the mutual influence of these two intellectual traditions.