Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics: The Political Philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Conventions
Introduction
	The Paradigm of Confucian Virtue Politics
	Two Aims
	Conceptual Frameworks
		Negative and Positive Confucianism
		Virtue and Ritual Constitutionalism
		Moral and Civic Virtue
		Strong and Tempered Virtue Monism
	Outline of the Book
Part I Confucian Constitutionalism
	1 Interest, Morality, and Positive Confucianism
		Mencius on Interest: Beyond Negative Confucianism
			Morality and Interest
			Extending Private Interest to Public Interest
		Xunzi’s Vision of Positive Confucianism
			The Problem of Compliance
			The Regulation of Interest
			The Prudential Foundation of Positive Confucianism
		Conclusion
	2 Virtue, Ritual, and Constitutionalism
		The Issue
		Mencius’s Defense of Abdication and Virtue Constitutionalism
			The Trouble with Abdication
			Moral Virtue as Power
		Xunzi’s Rejection of the Abdication Doctrine and Ritual Constitutionalism
			Against the First Abdication Legend
			Against the Second Abdication Legend
			Against the Third Abdication Legend
			Right to Rebellion?
		Conclusion
	3 Before and after Ritual: Moral Virtue and Civic Virtue
		Mencius on Ritual Propriety as Moral Virtue
			The First Description of the State of Nature
			The Second Description of the State of Nature
		Xunzi on Ritual Propriety as Civic Virtue
			The Rise of Ritual Institutions
			The Principle of Civility
		Conclusion
Part II Wang, Ba, and Interstate Relations
	4 The Psychology of Negative Confucianism
		From Moral Heroism to Political Liberty: De Bary Revisited
		The Higher Man and the Will to Power
		The Psychological Origin of Realpolitik
		Between Badao and Tyranny
		Between Sage-King and Tyrant
		Inventing Confucian Political Liberty: Toward Negative Confucianism
		Conclusion
	5 Hegemonic Rule: Between Good and Evil
		Mencius on Badao: Between Theory and Practice
		Duke Huan of Qi and His Virtue
		The Moral Principle of Badao
		Achieving Decent Morality in Domestic and Interstate Governance
		Tempered Virtue Monism
		Conclusion
	6 Responsibility for All under Heaven
		New Interstate Moral Hierarchy
		Extended Responsibility
		From Heaven to People
		The Interstate Politics of Virtue
		Conclusion
Conclusion: Between Old and New
Bibliography
Index