Book contents
- Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics
- Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I Confucian Constitutionalism
- Part II Wang, Ba, and Interstate Relations
- 4 The Psychology of Negative Confucianism
- 5 Hegemonic Rule: Between Good and Evil
- 6 Responsibility for All under Heaven
- Conclusion: Between Old and New
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Responsibility for All under Heaven
from Part II - Wang, Ba, and Interstate Relations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2019
- Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics
- Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I Confucian Constitutionalism
- Part II Wang, Ba, and Interstate Relations
- 4 The Psychology of Negative Confucianism
- 5 Hegemonic Rule: Between Good and Evil
- 6 Responsibility for All under Heaven
- Conclusion: Between Old and New
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the previous chapter, I argued that while Mencius’s staunch normative dichotomy between the Kingly Way and badao is propelled by his unswerving commitment to strong virtue monism, Xunzi’s (and Confucius’s) far more nuanced attitude toward badao is attributable to his embrace of tempered virtue monism, which recognizes the potential tension between personal moral virtue and good political consequences.
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- Theorizing Confucian Virtue PoliticsThe Political Philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi, pp. 178 - 205Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019