Confucian Political Philosophy: Dialogues on the State of the Field

Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Contemporary ConfucianPolitical Philosophy
Part I: Harmony
	Chapter 1: Harmony as a Manifestation of the Central Confucian Concept of Benevolence: A Critique of Chenyang Li’s The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony
		1 Introduction
		2 Benevolence Is the Most Important Concept in Confucianism
			2.1 Li’s View on the Centrality of Harmony in Confucianism
			2.2 A Methodological Reflection
			2.3 Benevolence Is the Most Important Concept in Neo-Confucianism
				2.3.1 The Selection of Emphasis in Li’s Sources
				2.3.2 Benevolence as the Most Important Concept
				2.3.3 Some Challenges to Li’s Textual Interpretations
		3 The Most Important Concept to Be Promoted in the Contemporary World Is Benevolence Instead of Harmony
			3.1 The Theoretical Advantages of Benevolence Over Harmony in Ethical Encounters
			3.2 The Practical Advantages of Benevolence Over Harmony in Ethical Encounters
		4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 2: Harmony and Ren: A Response to Leung Yat-hung’s Critique of The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony
		1 Introduction
		2 What Is he 和?
		3 What Is ren 仁?
		4 Addressing Issues Raised
			4.1 Is he the Central Concept of Confucian Philosophy?
			4.2 Interpretations of the Wuxing
			4.3 Whether Placing ren as More Important Than he Has More Advantage
			4.4 The Standing of Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism in the Tradition of Confucianism
			4.5 Are There Eternal Pre-Set Moral Principles?
		5 Conclusion
		References
Part II: Family Determination
	Chapter 3: On Family Determination in Reconstructionist Confucianism
		1 Introduction
		2 Reconstructionist Confucianism on Family Determination
		3 Examining the Textual Evidence for Family Determination
		4 Fan’s Justification for Family Determination
		5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 4: Which Confucianism? And What Liberty?
		1 Introduction: The Theme of Reconstructionist Confucianism
		2 Textual Support for Family Determination
		3 Confucian Individual Liberty
		4 Conclusion
		References
Part III: Public Reason
	Chapter 5: On Confucian Public Reason
		1 Introduction
		2 Kim’s Perfectionist Reinterpretation of Political Liberalism and Reconstruction of Public Reason
		3 What Equality, Whose Liberty?
		4 Alternatives
			4.1 Alternative One: Confucianism Within Political Liberalism
			4.2 Alternative Two: Constructivist Confucian Public Reason
		5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 6: Confucian Public Reason Beyond Rawls
		1 Introduction
		2 Why the Rawlsian Critique of Public Reason Confucianism?
		3 Illiberal Democracy?
		4 Confucian Initial Position?
		5 Conclusion
		References
Part IV: Justice
	Chapter 7: Distributive Justice in Pre-Qin Confucianism: Equality, Priority, and Sufficiency
		1 Introduction
		2 Interpretation of the Analects
		3 Turning to Mencius and Xunzi
		4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 8: Thinking About Justice and Interpreting the Analects
		References
Part V: Order and Virtue
	Chapter 9: Virtue-Based Politics: A Dialogue with Loubna El Amine’s New Interpretation of Classical Confucian Political Thought
		1 Introduction
		2 El Amine on Political Order
			2.1 Political Order But Not Virtue as the Criteria of Successful Politics
			2.2 Virtue
			2.3 Welfare
			2.4 Political Order
			2.5 Government for the People
		3 Why Political Leaders Ought to Be Virtuous
			3.1 Ethics-Based Political Theory: What Does It Mean?
			3.2 Virtue as a Necessary Condition of Good Politics
			3.3 The Intrinsic Value of Virtues for Political Rulers
			3.4 The Criterion for Political Participation
		4 Why Political Leaders Ought to Cultivate Virtues of the Common People
			4.1 Welfare
			4.2 Every Person Has Their Own Worth
			4.3 The Relationship Between Welfare, Political Order and Virtue
			4.4 Sense of Shame
		5 The Internal Relationship Between the “Means” and the “End” – Xunzi’s Political Philosophy
			5.1 Criticism of Mozi
			5.2 Ritual and Moral Principles (Liyi) as Necessary and Sufficient Conditions of Political Order
		6 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: The Loftiness of Political Order: A Response to Chan Leong
		References
Index