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Is Self-Regulation a Burden or a Virtue? A Comparative Perspective

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Hagop Sarkissian·2014·The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness
DOI 10.4324/9780203078129-16
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It was during my second year of graduate studies at Duke University that I began thinking about the various burdens and impositions demanded by Confucian ethics. I was giving a ‘brownbag’ talk to my fellow PhD students about the concept of ritual propriety ( li 禮) in the Analects of Confuciusreferring to the strictures of proper behavior that permeate Confucian ethical concerns. Ritual propriety delineates how one should comport oneself (forms of speech, clothing, demeanor, etc.) in a vast array of life circumstances (family life, social life, formal ceremony, etc.). I argued that one of the chief functions of abiding by norms of ritual propriety was to signal one’s values, attitudes, and commitments to others in a clear and predictable fashion, allowing others to easily (even effortlessly) grasp them. This, in turn, would make it possible to coordinate one’s activities in social life with minimal friction. Such signals would be especially important, I argued, in strategic encounters, or exchanges in which conflict (especially moral conflict) was possible. Thus, while the weightiness of ritual propriety in the Analects might seem strange to us, I argued that, when properly understood, it was meant to advance valuable goals of social cohesion and harmony.

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  • East Asians from highly ritualized Confucian cultures have improved self-regulation compared with people from Western cultures, who are less ritualized.

    “For example, there is evidence suggesting that East Asians from highly ritualized Confucian cultures have improved self-regulation compared with people from Western cultures, who are less ritualized (Butler, Lee, & Gross, 2007;Sarkissian, 2014;Seeley & Gardner, 2003).”

    From The Psychology of Rituals: An Integrative Review and Process-Based Framework (2018) · cites this paper as Sarkissian, 2014

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Authors
Sarkissian, H.
Affiliations
Baruch College (US)
Corresponding author
Hagop Sarkissian
ORCID
Hagop Sarkissian
Venue
The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2014-06-05
Pages
189-204
DOI
10.4324/9780203078129-16
OpenAlex
W2958866564
Cited by
5
References
15
Citations by year
2018: 2 · 2017: 3
FWCI
6.54
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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  • Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
  • PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
Keywords
self-regulation, Confucian ethics, ritual propriety, lithium, Analects, social signaling, social coordination, moral conflict, harmonious society, virtue ethics, comparative ethics

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