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The Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency
Virtuous Conduct
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2024
Summary
Henrique Schneider argues that understanding the three Early Confucian thinkers—Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi—as virtue-ethicists, political philosophers, or social conservatives proves too narrow. Championing a broader and more philosophical reading, The Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency: Virtuous Conduct sheds new light on a well-established topic. Virtuous conduct—aligning actions and motivations with virtues, social roles, and rituals—is the philosophy of agency of Early Confucianism. Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi share a common philosophy of agency, which does more than describe agents and acts: it also represents a progressive social and political program. Schneider characterizes Early Confucianism as a progressive philosophy due to its human-centered program for social reform, its process view of self-cultivation, and its development. Agents who cultivate themselves can produce virtuous conduct, flourish, and become Junzi. This lets them lead each other in self-cultivation, social environment, and polity. As such, virtuous conduct integrates ethics, social and political philosophy in a theory of action.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-66692-837-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2838-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
180
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 24
Chapter 1 Virtues No access Pages 25 - 46
Chapter 2 Roles No access Pages 47 - 70
Chapter 3 Rituals No access Pages 71 - 92
Chapter 4 Human Nature, Self-Cultivation, and Flourishing No access Pages 93 - 116
Chapter 5 Junzi: Self-interest and Leadership No access Pages 117 - 138
