Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character

Chenyang Li is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he also founded and directs the Philosophy Program. His books include The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony and The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press. Peimin Ni is Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University and the author of several books, including On Confucius.

• AcknowledgmentsForewordFred Dallmayr IntroductionChenyang Li and Peimin NiPart I. Moral Cultivation and Confucian Virtues: Engagements and Developments 1. From Kupperman’s Character Ethics to Confucian Role Ethics: Putting Humpty Together AgainRoger T. Ames and Henry Rosemont, Jr.2. Kongzi and Aristotle as Virtue EthicistsPhilip J. Ivanhoe3. Anthropocentric Realism about ValuesBryan W. Van Norden 4. The Different Faces of Love in a Good LifeDavid B. Wong5. On Reflective Equanimity: A Confucian PerspectiveKwong-loi Shun6. Individual and RitualsRobert Cummings Neville Part II. Moral Cultivation and Material Well-Being 7. Material Well-Being and Character Cultivation in ConfucianismChenyang Li8. Materialistic Desires and Ethical Life in the Analects and the MenciusSor-hoon Tan9. Character and Ethics for Social EntitiesPeimin Ni10. When Good Relationships Are Not Enough for Business: Understanding Character in Confucian EthicsKaryn LaiPart III. Responses and Comments 11. Responses and CommentsJoel J. Kupperman Appendix: Publications by Joel J. KuppermanContributorsIndex

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