Toward a Confucian Notion of Human Dignity
作者机构:School of PhilosophyRenmin University of ChinaBeijing 100872China
出 版 物:《Frontiers of Philosophy in China》 (中国哲学前沿(英文版))
年 卷 期:2020年第15卷第1期
页 面:7-28页
学科分类:0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学]
基 金:This research is supported by Chinese Social Science Foundation(18CZX016)
主 题:human dignity Confucianism Menschenwiirde four hearts
摘 要:This essay discusses the possibility of conceptualizing a Confucian notion of human *** discussions on this topic have been either historical or reconstructive,the former discussing mainly how Confucianism considers dignity and the latter exploring the possibility of conceptualizing a Confucian human dignity as an alternative to Kant’s *** essay focuses on mainly the latter ***,I critically evaluate professor Ni Peimin’s celebrated attempt at reconstructing Confucian dignity in the context of Kant^Menschenwiirde,arguing that Ni9s work offers us novel and original insights on human dignity but fails to be coherent in several *** the other hand,Kant^Menschenwiirde may well lack motivation in particular circumstances,and gives no credit to moral *** upon this criticism,I further Ni’s discussion of the“four heartsand propose a revised version of Confucian dignity.