03080nam 2200661 a 450 991082334470332120200520144314.01-107-17910-61-280-91743-197866109174330-511-30192-80-511-29002-00-511-29062-40-511-28876-X0-511-49799-70-511-28944-8(CKB)1000000000352020(EBL)311254(OCoLC)476097418(SSID)ssj0000267821(PQKBManifestationID)11233082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267821(PQKBWorkID)10212486(PQKB)11118400(UkCbUP)CR9780511497995(MiAaPQ)EBC311254(Au-PeEL)EBL311254(CaPaEBR)ebr10182284(CaONFJC)MIL91743(EXLCZ)99100000000035202020061211d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVirtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy /Bryan W. Van NordenNew York Cambridge University Press20071 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-40732-X 0-521-86735-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-399) and index.Introduction -- Kongzi and Ruism -- Mozi and early Mohism -- Mengzi -- Pluralistic Ruism.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 Norden makes use of the best research on Chinese history, archaeology, and philology. His text is accessible to philosophers with no previous knowledge of Chinese culture and to Sinologists with no background in philosophy.ConfucianismPhilosophy, ConfucianConfucianism.Philosophy, Confucian.170.951Van Norden Bryan W(Bryan William)1085907MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823344703321Virtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy3955513UNINA