Extending Kindness: A Confucian Account

Modelling Kindness∗

Kindness is an important concept in reciprocity theory, and may matter also for other forms of motivation. We critically compare definitions proposed by Rabin (1993) and by Dufwenberg & Kirchsteiger (2004). Several reasons to prefer the latter definition are highlighted, but also a flaw (discovered by Isoni & Sugden 2018) which we show can be eliminated using a slightly revised definition.

Extending Lambek Grammars: a Logical Account of Minimalist Grammars

We provide a logical definition of Minimalist grammars, that are Stabler’s formalization of Chomsky’s minimalist program. Our logical definition leads to a neat relation to categorial grammar, (yielding a treatment of Montague semantics), a parsing-asdeduction in a resource sensitive logic, and a learning algorithm from structured data (based on a typing-algorithm and type-unification). Here we...

Workplace Civility: A Confucian Approach

A Genealogy of Early Confucian Moral Psychology

The Physician-Patient Relationship: A Confucian Revision

This essay addresses the ethical implications of the physician-patient relationship from the Confucian perspective, which holds that the physician must regard the patient as a family member to treat the patient properly. It is well known that there are two primary approaches to moral authority in contemporary Western medical ethics. One is internal, and assumes that the good inherent to medicin...