Mysticism in the Confucian Tradition

Corrective Justice in the Confucian Legal Tradition: A Nonexistent Concept

..................................................................................................... 1 1. Structure of Justice in Greco-Roman Tradition ............................................ 5 2. Boundary of Corrective Justice .................................................................. 9 3. Confucian Ideas of Corrective Justice: An Exploration of Legal Thoughts .....15 4. Empirica...

Chinese Confucian culture and the medical ethical tradition.

The Confucian culture, rich in its contents and great in its significance, exerted on the thinking, culture and political life of ancient China immense influences, unparalleled by any other school of thought or culture. Confucian theories on morality and ethics, with 'goodness' as the core and 'rites' as the norm, served as the 'key notes' of the traditional medical ethics of China. The viewpoi...

Tradition, Modernity, and the Confucian Revival: An Introduction and Literature Review of New Confucian Activism

Introduction On August 8th, 2008 countless viewers around the globe watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The ceremony included performers representing the disciples of Confucius, chanting quotations from The Analects. The Confucian theme was continued as the performers lifted and lowered individual blocks in a choreographed display. In the end, the blocks formed the Chinese cha...

The Ultimate Moral Arbiter, Received Tradition or Autonomous Reason? Some Questions Concerning Morality and Development in Confucian Ethics

David Wong’s essay is not only eye-opening, but (at least for me) contains an element of surprise. His topic is ancient Chinese ideas on how to promote moral development. His explicit aim is to describe and interpret various pictures in Confucian thought of “how the given and unlearned interacts with learning in moral cultivation.” Consequently, special attention was given to classical Chinese ...

David Ranson , Between the “ Mysticism of Politics ” and the “ Politics of Mysticism ” : Interpreting