Human Dignity in Classical Chinese Philosophy : Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism
1st ed. 2016
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1137532173
ISBN-13
9781137532176
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 2016
Print length
217 Pages
Weight
426 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 15.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Oriental & Indian philosophyEast Asian and Indian philosophy
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This book reinterprets classical Chinese philosophical tradition along the conceptual line of human dignity.
This book reinterprets classical Chinese philosophical tradition along the conceptual line of human dignity. Through extensive textual evidence, it illustrates that classical Confucianism, Mohism and Daoism contained rich notions of dignity, which laid the foundation for human rights and political liberty in China, even though, historically, liberal democracy failed to grow out of the authoritarian soil in China. The book critically examines the causes that might have prevented the classical schools from developing a liberal tradition, while affirming their positive contributions to the human dignity concept.
Analysing the inadequacies of the western concept of human dignity, the text covers relevant teachings of Kongzi, Mengzi, Xunzi, Mozi, Laozi and Zhuangzi (in comparison with Rousseau). While the Confucian notions of humanity (Ren), righteousness (Yi), and gentleman (Junzi) bear most directly on the conception of dignity, Mohism and Daoism provide salutary corrections to the ossification of the orthodox Confucian practice (Li).
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