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 phil
Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy
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- Year
- 2007
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- English
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- 428
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- Library
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