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1 Introduction; Revisiting Confucian Doctrines; 2 Virtue Ethics in the Philosophy of Mencius; Humaneness and Family Intimacy; Humaneness and Loving Other People; Humaneness and Rightness; The Theory of Four Virtues; Conclusion; References; 3 Reproduction, Familiarity, Love, and Humaneness: How Did Confucius Reveal "Humaneness"?; The Earliest Meaning of "Humaneness" and "Reproduction"; From "Reproduction" to "Familiarity"; From "Familiarity" to "Love"; Humaneness as a Golden Mean; References; 4 Xunzi's Virtue Ethics of Rationality and the Issue of Emotions
Comparing Virtue Ethics East and WestUnderstanding Human Beings; Establishing a Moral Foundation; Virtue Accomplished Through Practice; A Brief Note on Emotions; References; 5 Can Confucianism Modernize? An Essay on Philosophical Possibility; On the Modernization of Confucianism; A Response to Fei Xiaotong's "Confucian Paradox"; The Family as the Basic Unit of Confucianism; On "Inner Sageliness" and "Outer Kingliness"; The Challenge for Modern Confucianism; References; 6 Beyond a Theory of Human Nature: Towards an Alternative Interpretation of Mencius' Ethics; Introduction
The Sense of Ethical Terms and Mencius' XingThe Question "Why Be Moral?" and Mencius; Reinterpreting Mencius: A Preliminary Sketch; Conclusion; References; 7 The Religious Thought of Confucius: Exploring the Place of Heaven, Destiny, and Spirits in the Analects; On the Meaning of Religious Thought, with Attention to the Analects; Education as the Foundation of Confucius' Religious Thought; Two Anchors of the Religious Thought of Confucius: Heaven and Destiny; The Position of Ghosts and Spirits in the Religious Thought of Confucius
The Challenge Posed by the Religious Thought of Confucius: Self-cultivation and RitualA Brief Assessment of the Religious Thought of Confucius; References; 8 The Neo-confucian Discourse on "Stilling Nature" in the Works of Cheng Hao, Zhu Xi, and Zhen Dexiu; Cheng Hao: The Cultivation of "Stilling Nature"; Zhu Xi: The Virtues of "Stilling Nature"; Zhen Dexiu: The Ontology of "Stilling Nature"; Some Final Thoughts on the Discourse of "Stilling Nature"; References; 9 The Role Dilemma in Early Confucianism; Introduction; The Role Dilemma; The Role Dilemma in Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi
Some Programmatic Remarks About the Role Dilemma ProjectReferences; 10 A Comment on Confucian Role Ethics; Terminology; Confucian Role Ethics and Morality; 11 Moral Psychology of Shame in Early Confucian Philosophy; Introduction; Meanings of Shame; Social and Cultural Psychology of Shame; Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Reexaming Confucian Concepts; 12 Confucian Viewpoints on Destiny, Necessity, and Fate; The Historical Development of the Confucian Concept of Destiny; Endowed Disposition: Accident or Necessity?; Confucian Responses to Destiny
Comparing Virtue Ethics East and WestUnderstanding Human Beings; Establishing a Moral Foundation; Virtue Accomplished Through Practice; A Brief Note on Emotions; References; 5 Can Confucianism Modernize? An Essay on Philosophical Possibility; On the Modernization of Confucianism; A Response to Fei Xiaotong's "Confucian Paradox"; The Family as the Basic Unit of Confucianism; On "Inner Sageliness" and "Outer Kingliness"; The Challenge for Modern Confucianism; References; 6 Beyond a Theory of Human Nature: Towards an Alternative Interpretation of Mencius' Ethics; Introduction
The Sense of Ethical Terms and Mencius' XingThe Question "Why Be Moral?" and Mencius; Reinterpreting Mencius: A Preliminary Sketch; Conclusion; References; 7 The Religious Thought of Confucius: Exploring the Place of Heaven, Destiny, and Spirits in the Analects; On the Meaning of Religious Thought, with Attention to the Analects; Education as the Foundation of Confucius' Religious Thought; Two Anchors of the Religious Thought of Confucius: Heaven and Destiny; The Position of Ghosts and Spirits in the Religious Thought of Confucius
The Challenge Posed by the Religious Thought of Confucius: Self-cultivation and RitualA Brief Assessment of the Religious Thought of Confucius; References; 8 The Neo-confucian Discourse on "Stilling Nature" in the Works of Cheng Hao, Zhu Xi, and Zhen Dexiu; Cheng Hao: The Cultivation of "Stilling Nature"; Zhu Xi: The Virtues of "Stilling Nature"; Zhen Dexiu: The Ontology of "Stilling Nature"; Some Final Thoughts on the Discourse of "Stilling Nature"; References; 9 The Role Dilemma in Early Confucianism; Introduction; The Role Dilemma; The Role Dilemma in Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi
Some Programmatic Remarks About the Role Dilemma ProjectReferences; 10 A Comment on Confucian Role Ethics; Terminology; Confucian Role Ethics and Morality; 11 Moral Psychology of Shame in Early Confucian Philosophy; Introduction; Meanings of Shame; Social and Cultural Psychology of Shame; Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Reexaming Confucian Concepts; 12 Confucian Viewpoints on Destiny, Necessity, and Fate; The Historical Development of the Confucian Concept of Destiny; Endowed Disposition: Accident or Necessity?; Confucian Responses to Destiny