Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously: Contemporary Theories and Applications

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Index 213 acedia, 165, 179n14 act-centered moral theory, 123 action, 9, 28, 36, 165, 184, 186, 187, 191. See also wuwei aesthetics, 183, 184, 196, 200 After Virtue, 205n30 agent-based, agent-focused, and agentprior virtue ethics. See under virtue ethics agent-centered moral theory, 123 agrarianism, 195, 206n36 agriculture, 40, 75, 113, 192, 205n28 akrasia, 165, 179n14 alienation, 187 Allison, Henry, 201n4 all-round excellence. See under zhongyong altruism, 103, 108, 109, 112, 152 Ames, Roger, 20 Analects. See Lunyu analogy, 22 Ancient Learning School, 85, 91, 93 animals, 58, 59, 62, 67–68, 110, 115, 161nn30–31, 183, 184, 201n3 Anonymous Iamblichi, The, 100 Apel, Karl-Otto, 23 Apocalypse Now, 205n31 Aquinas, Thomas, 178 Aristotle, 7, 37, 112, 123, 181n26 Arrow, Kenneth, 106 audience, 13, 19, 21. See also rulers, as audience audit explosion, 101 authenticity, 207n48 authority, distrust of, 101, 118 autonomy, 101, 119, 183, 199, 200 awareness. See consciousness Bai, Duke of Chu, 79 Bai Ting 白珽, 96n52 Baier, Annette, 102, 103, 106 Banfield, E., 105 bangwudao 邦無道. See wudao bangyoudao 邦有道. See youdao barbarians, 83 Beatniks, 195–96 behaviorism, 20–21 ben 本 (root), 138 benefit, 146. See also harm; well-being benevolence: as translation of ren (see under ren); nature’s, 197; and trust, 106 Bi Gan, 48n2 biophilia, 192, 197, 198 Blind Man (father of Shun), 73, 83, 86–89 Bok, Sissela, 105, 106 Boli Xi, 182n33 Book of History. See Shangshu Book of Rites. See Liji Bu She 不奢, 79 Buddhism, 32, 203n13, 206n37 cannibalism, 161n31 214 Index care and caring, 7, 115, 119, 124, 133, 155, 185, 193; empathic, 123; by extension (tu ji ji ren 推己及人), 110, 116, 118; impartial, 77 categorical imperative, 54, 112 Cheng Shude 程樹德, 180n23 Cheng Yi 程頤, 28, 41, 48n5, 49n15, 83, 161n41 cheng 誠 (sincerity), 28 Cheng-Zhu School, 93, 145 children, 81, 103, 111, 185, 192, 197, 203n11 Chinese Community Party (CCP). See government, of PRC Cho Ik 趙翼, 88 choice, 100, 193, 199 Chosŏn period, 88 Christianity, 18, 105–06 Chu Ni 鉏麑, 79 circumstances, 70, 87, 107, 125, 130, 135, 137–38 civil society. See under society claims of truth or validity. See truth claims cliques. See under rulers comfort, 189, 196–97; metaphysical, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 198, 199, 201, 204n18, 204n24 commerce. See trade common people, 13, 39, 41, 45, 55, 60, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 113–14 community: intellectual, 13, 15; moral, 103–04 comparative approach to Chinese thought, 2–3, 17–18. See also contrastive approach compassion, 57–58, 62, 68, 71n2, 72n20, 109, 124, 167, 172, 185. See also under ren; rulers compromise, 85–86 Confucius. See Kongzi conscience, 59 consciousness (jue 覺), 159n16 consequentialist ethics, 131 constitution, 70, 72n24, 72n27, 101, 104 continence. See enkrasis contingency, 8–9, 60, 163, 170, 176, 182n39 contractarianism, 200 contracts, 104, 111; social, 119–20 contrast, 38–40 contrastive approach to Chinese thought, 2–3, 17–18, 20, 21. See also comparative approach Cooper, John, 111 corveé labor, 114 courage. See yong critical thinking, 42, 119, 151 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihalyi, 202n9 cuanchen 篡臣 (usurping ministers), 78, 82 culture, 6, 9, 105–06, 118, 188, 195, 196, 199. See also socialization Dai Zhen 戴震, 7–8, 90, 91, 93, 145, 149, 149–57 Daiqing luli 大清律例 (Collection of Law of the Great Qing), 90 dance, 206n35 dao 道 (way), 6, 38, 77, 78, 82–83, 109, 119, 124, 165, 167, 180n23, 186, 195, 201, 204n17, 206n32; as basis of Confucian morality, 6, 125– 127; Confucian, 193; delighting in (le 樂), 168, 180n23; of Heaven, 56; of the kings, 95n29, 159n14; knowing (zhi 知), 168, 180n23; liking (hao 好), 168, 180n23; of the minister, 82; and ren, 126; and virtue, 180n22 Daodejing 道德經 or Laozi 老子, 77, 178n6, 195, 203n17, 206n36 Daoism, 9, 77, 178n6, 184, 186, 191– 93, 195–96, 197, 198, 200, 202n10, 203nn12–14, 203nn16–17, 205n25, 205n28, 206n32, 207n44 215 Index Darwall, Stephen, 161n32, 161n38 Dasguta, P., 106 de 德 (virtue), 124, 164, 178n8. See also virtue(s) death, 80; fear of, 156 deficiency, 37, 38–39 definitionalist interpretation of Confucian ethics, 127 Defoort, Carine, 203n10 delight, 189, 190, 192. See also dao, delighting in democracy, 5–6, Chap. 5; and distrust of authority, 101; institutions of, 107 deontology, 80, 111–12, 131 depression, 161n32 desires (yu 欲), 7–8, 9, 78, 84–85, 95n29, 145, 165, 166, 168–69, 176, 179n16, 187, 190, 192, 193, 199, 200, 207n49; attribution to others, 146, 147–48, 150, 159n10, 160n23; fulfillment...