| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-399) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Kongzi and Ruism -- Mozi and early Mohism -- Mengzi -- Pluralistic Ruism. |
| Summary |
In this book Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of 'the good life', the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation. Mohism is akin to Western utilitarianism in being a form of consequentialism, but distinctive in its conception of the relevant consequences and in its specific thought-experiments and state-of-nature arguments. Van Norden makes use of the best research on Chinese history, archaeology, and philology. His text is accessible to philosophers with no previous knowledge of Chinese culture and to Sinologists with no background in philosophy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Confucianism.
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Confucianism. |
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Philosophy, Confucian.
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Philosophy, Confucian. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Van Norden, Bryan W. (Bryan William). Virtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521867351 0521867355 (DLC) 2006101124 (OCoLC)77011526 |
| ISBN |
9780511290626 (electronic book) |
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0511290624 (electronic book) |
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0511290020 (electronic book) |
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9780511290022 (electronic book) |
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9780511289446 (ebook) |
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0511289448 (ebook) |
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0521867355 (Cloth) |
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9780521867351 (alkaline paper) |
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