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Confucian Perfectionism
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Foreword by Series Editor ix Preface xi Introduction. Interplay between the Political Ideal and Reality 1 PART I. Political Authority and Institution 25 Chapter 1. What Is Political Authority? 27 Chapter 2. Monism or Limited Government? 46 Chapter 3. The Role of Institution 65 Chapter 4. Mixing Confucianism and Democracy 81 PART II. Rights, Liberties, and Justice 111 Chapter 5. Human Rights as a Fallback Apparatus 113 Chapter 6. Individual Autonomy and Civil Liberties 131 Chapter 7. Social Justice as Sufficiency for All 160 Chapter 8. Social Welfare and Care 178 Conclusion. Confucian Political Perfectionism 191 Appendix 1: Notes on Scope and Methods 205 Appendix 2: Against the Ownership Conception of Authority 213 Bibliography 233 Index 247
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Kang, J. H., Matusik, J. G., & Barclay, L. A. (2015) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-015-2683-4 · Cited by 132
“Chan (2013) explained that Confucianism is no exception to this, in that it “is a complex tradition of thought that evolved in response to changing historical circumstances” (p. 15).”
BackgroundThe Scope of Comparative Political Theory
von Vacano, D. (2015) · Annual Review of Political Science · doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-071113-044647 · Cited by 67
“The work by Bai (2012), Chan (2013), and Bell & Li (2013) is central to this debate.”
BackgroundPolitical Meritocracy and Meritorious Rule
Chan, J. (2013) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139814850.003 · Cited by 51
Self-citationYang, L. (2021) · Higher Education · doi:10.1007/s10734-021-00735-2 · Cited by 48
An epistemic case for confucian democracy
Ziliotti, E. (2020) · Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy · doi:10.1080/13698230.2020.1838736 · Cited by 28
“…by its ability to protect and promote the people’s well-being’ and ‘the good life of people, according to Confucian thought, consists of not only material well-being (the desire for which is perfectly reasonable) but also moral cultivation and virtuous social relationships’ (Chan 2013a: 30).”
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- Chan, J.
- Corresponding author
- Chan, Joseph
- Venue
- Princeton University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2013-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W652572320
- Semantic Scholar
- e1b53a7c181ade52c60379b42d846f52c9de1bc5
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 3.09
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Princeton University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Keywords
- Confucianism, political perfectionism, political authority, political institutions, democracy, human rights, individual autonomy, civil liberties, social justice, social welfare, care ethics, Confucian political thought
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