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Article: Confucian Political Order and the Ethics/Politics Distinction: A Reassessment
Title | Confucian Political Order and the Ethics/Politics Distinction: A Reassessment |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Classic Confucianism Confucian political order Ethics/politics division Loubna El Amine Realism in political theory |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Citation | Dao, 2022, v. 21, n. 3, p. 389-405 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The established view in Confucian scholarship today is that Confucian political order serves to promote the material and moral well-being of ordinary people (min 民). Loubna El Amine turns this view on its head by arguing that Confucian political order revolves not around the interest of the people but the demands of security, stability, and prosperity. Min are expected to be virtuous only to the extent that they help to sustain such an order. As such, Confucian politics does not follow from ethics in any straightforward manner. In this article, I argue against her revisionist reading. I argue that her account not only lacks arguments for her core thesis of the ethics/politics division, but also goes against Confucians’ concern over the universality of humanity, popular welfare, and the integrity of Confucian thought. I also draw on discussion on political realism to flesh out the sense in which classic Confucianism is realist. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/316665 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.323 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jin, Yutang | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-14T11:41:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-14T11:41:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Dao, 2022, v. 21, n. 3, p. 389-405 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1540-3009 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/316665 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The established view in Confucian scholarship today is that Confucian political order serves to promote the material and moral well-being of ordinary people (min 民). Loubna El Amine turns this view on its head by arguing that Confucian political order revolves not around the interest of the people but the demands of security, stability, and prosperity. Min are expected to be virtuous only to the extent that they help to sustain such an order. As such, Confucian politics does not follow from ethics in any straightforward manner. In this article, I argue against her revisionist reading. I argue that her account not only lacks arguments for her core thesis of the ethics/politics division, but also goes against Confucians’ concern over the universality of humanity, popular welfare, and the integrity of Confucian thought. I also draw on discussion on political realism to flesh out the sense in which classic Confucianism is realist. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Dao | - |
dc.subject | Classic Confucianism | - |
dc.subject | Confucian political order | - |
dc.subject | Ethics/politics division | - |
dc.subject | Loubna El Amine | - |
dc.subject | Realism in political theory | - |
dc.title | Confucian Political Order and the Ethics/Politics Distinction: A Reassessment | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11712-022-09839-7 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85134326674 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 21 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 389 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 405 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1569-7274 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000825217500001 | - |