The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Early Chinese Ethics and Political Philosophy

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CONTENTS
Introduction
	SOCIAL HARMONY THINKERS: EARLY CONFUCIANISM (LUNYU, LIJI, CHUNQIU COMMENTARIES) AND MOHISM
	PHILOSOPHIES OF THRIVING NATURE: YANGISM, DAOISM (DAODEJING AND ZHUANGZI, NEIYE), MENGZI
	RITUAL, STANDARDS, AND LAW: XUNZI, THE LEGALISTS (HAN FEIZI, SHANG YANG, SHEN DAO)
	PHILOSOPHY OR SOMETHING ELSE? THE METHODOLOGIES OF THIS VOLUME
	OVERVIEW OF THIS VOLUME
	NOTES
PART ONE Historical Approaches
	CHAPTER ONE Confucian Role Ethics: Issues of Naming, Translation, and Interpretation
		NAMING
		TRANSLATING
		INTERPRETING
		CONCLUSION
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER TWO From Patterning to Governing: A Constructivist Interpretation of the Xunzi1
		THE REALIST INTERPRETATION
		THE CONSTRUCTIVIST VIEW
		NATURAL DISPOSITIONS (XING 性) AND ACQUIRED CHARACTER (WEI 偽)
		POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
		CONCLUSION
		APPENDIX: EVIDENCE FOR REALISM IN THE XUNZI?
		A FINAL NOTE
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER THREE Some Considerations in Defense of a Radical Reading of the Mohist
		JIAN AI AS “UNIVERSAL CARE”—THE RADICAL VIEW
		JIAN AI AS “IMPARTIAL CARE”—THE MODEST VIEW
		ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE—MIXED INTERPRETATIONS
		FILIALITY AND JIAN AI —A TEST CASE
		CONCLUSION: RADICAL JIAN AI AS AN ETHICAL POSITION—A METHODOLOGICAL SUGGESTION
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER FOUR Ritual and the Vulnerability of a Prosperous World: A Reading of the “Liyun” 禮運
		COMPARING GRAND UNITY WITH MODEST PROSPERITY
		THE ORIGINS OF RITUAL
		SYNTHESIZING THE NARRATIVE(S) OF RITUAL IN THE “LIYUN”
		THE PROSPEROUS SELF
		THE AMBIVALENCE OF LIVING IN A VULNERABLE WORLD
		THE “LIYUN” AND THE UNAMBIGUOUS WORLD
		CONCLUSION
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER FIVE Morality Without Moral Reasoning: The Case of Heshanggong
		I. HESHANGGONG ON MORALITY
		II. IDEALS AND MANIFESTATIONS
		III. SIGNIFICANCE OF HESHANGGONG’S VISION
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER SIX Nothingness and Selfhood in the Zhuangzi
		I.
		II.
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		V.
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER SEVEN Han Fei’s Rule of Law and its Limits
		THE LAW AND ITS FEATURES
		THE DAO OF GOVERNMENT
		THE PROBLEM OF THE SINGLE RULER
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
PART TWO Comparative Approaches
	CHAPTER EIGHT Non-Impositional Rule in Confucius and Aristotle
		WU-WEI RULE IN CONFUCIUS’ POLITICAL THOUGHT
		NON-IMPERATIVE RULE IN ARISTOTELIAN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
		IMPERATIVE RULE IN POLITICS?: TOWARD A CONFUCIAN/ARISTOTELIAN RAPPROCHEMENT
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER NINE Other People Die and That is the Problem
		SINGULAR DEATH
		DEATH AND SOLIDARITY
		CONSOLATIONS
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER TEN The Problem of Anxiety in the Zhuangzi as Contrasted with Indian and Hellenistic Views
		ANXIETY AND CONCEPTS OF ‘PEACE-OF-MIND’ IN INDIAN AND HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY
		READINGS OF ZHUANGZI ON ANXIETY
		THE REAL PROBLEM OF ANXIETY IN THE ZHUANZI
		CONCLUSION
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER ELEVEN “Son of Heaven”: Developing the Theological Aspects of Mengzi’s Philosophy of the Ruler
		INTRODUCTION
		THE NEED FOR A THEOLOGICAL VALENCE IN INTERPRETING MENGZI’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
		FILIALITY AND POSSESSIONS IN THE CONFUCIAN TRADITION
		SHUN AS “SON OF HEAVEN”: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MENGZI’S DEFENSE OF SHUN
		YAO’S PRESENTATION OF SHUN
		SHUNS’S ASCENSION: A STRUGGLE OF FILIAL MODELS
		CONFIRMING THE HERMENEUTIC
		CONCLUSION
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
	CHAPTER TWELVE Justifying Human Rights in Confucianism
		NOTES
		WORKS CITED
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON EARLY CHINESE ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX