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Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy (Hardcover)
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Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy (Hardcover)
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In this book Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a
form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a
version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is
analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts
and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed
by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to
Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different
conceptions of 'the good life', the virtues, human nature, and
ethical cultivation. Mohism is akin to Western utilitarianism in
being a form of consequentialism, but distinctive in its conception
of the relevant consequences and in its specific
thought-experiments and state-of-nature arguments. Van Norden makes
use of the best research on Chinese history, archaeology, and
philology. His text is accessible to philosophers with no previous
knowledge of Chinese culture and to Sinologists with no background
in philosophy.
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