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UNINA9910457812103321 |
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Autore |
Van Norden Bryan W (Bryan William) |
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Titolo |
Virtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy / / Bryan W. Van Norden [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-17910-6 |
1-280-91743-1 |
9786610917433 |
0-511-30192-8 |
0-511-29002-0 |
0-511-29062-4 |
0-511-28876-X |
0-511-49799-7 |
0-511-28944-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Confucianism |
Philosophy, Confucian |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-399) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Kongzi and Ruism -- Mozi and early Mohism -- Mengzi -- Pluralistic Ruism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of 'the good life', the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation. Mohism is akin to Western utilitarianism in being a form of consequentialism, but distinctive in its conception of the relevant consequences and in its specific thought-experiments and state-of-nature arguments. Van |
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