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Article: The Confucian relational concept of the person and its modern predicament
Title | The Confucian relational concept of the person and its modern predicament |
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Issue Date | 1999 |
Publisher | The Johns Hopkins University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/kennedy_institute_of_ethics_journal/index.html |
Citation | Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal, 1999, v. 9 n. 4, p. 325-346 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The Confucian relational concept of the person has been proposed as an epistemically more cogent and ethically more attractive alternative to that of liberal individualism. Two arguments are raised against this proposal without defending liberal individualism. Ethically, Confucianism is vitiated by certain unattractive features that cannot be removed without reducing the Confucian relational concept of the person to an abstract and not very helpful notion of human relatedness. Epistemically, Confucianism commits the essentialist fallacy of treating its own concept of human relations as reflecting the nature of things. In view of these limitations, the Confucian relational concept of the person does not provide a viable framework for dealing with social issues including bioethics. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/80348 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.450 |
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dc.contributor.author | Ci, J | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T08:05:23Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T08:05:23Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal, 1999, v. 9 n. 4, p. 325-346 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1054-6863 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/80348 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Confucian relational concept of the person has been proposed as an epistemically more cogent and ethically more attractive alternative to that of liberal individualism. Two arguments are raised against this proposal without defending liberal individualism. Ethically, Confucianism is vitiated by certain unattractive features that cannot be removed without reducing the Confucian relational concept of the person to an abstract and not very helpful notion of human relatedness. Epistemically, Confucianism commits the essentialist fallacy of treating its own concept of human relations as reflecting the nature of things. In view of these limitations, the Confucian relational concept of the person does not provide a viable framework for dealing with social issues including bioethics. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | The Johns Hopkins University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/kennedy_institute_of_ethics_journal/index.html | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal | en_HK |
dc.title | The Confucian relational concept of the person and its modern predicament | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1054-6863&volume=9&spage=325&epage=346&date=1999&atitle=The+Confucian+Relational+Concept+of+the+Person+and+Its+Modern+Predicament | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Ci, J: jiweici@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Ci, J=rp01218 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0033290927 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 52068 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033290927&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 325 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 346 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000084566300004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ci, J=8210260700 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1054-6863 | - |