Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107407329)

In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of "the good life," the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation.

Author: Bryan Van Norden
ISBN-10: 110740732X
ISBN-13: 9781107407329
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2012
Pages: 430
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d