Confucian Role Ethics A Moral Vision for the 21st Century?

• Other Authors: Rosemont Jr., Henry (Editor), Ames, Roger T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Series: Global East Asia
• Subjects: Philosophy; Analects; Confucianism; Confucius; Ethics; Human; Role ethics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The essays collected in this volume establish Confucian role ethics as a term of art in the contemporary ethical discourse. The holistic philosophy presented here is grounded in the primacy of relationality and a narrative understanding of person, and is a challenge to a foundational liberal individ...