Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy

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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/13/2012
Pages: 430
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9781107407329

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