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Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency: Virtuous Conduct

Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency: Virtuous Conduct

Schneider, Henrique

Hardcover

PhilosophyConfucianismGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 1666928372
ISBN13: 9781666928372
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Feb 2 2024
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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