Secret Subversion I

Mou Zongsan (1909-1995), one of the representatives of Modern Confucianism, belongs to the most important Chinese philosophers in the 20th century. From a more traditional Confucian perspective, this book makes a critical analysis on Mou's "moral metaphysics", mainly his thoughts about Confucian ethos.

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Tang Wenming is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics and Religions Studies at Tsinghua University. He is also Secretary General of the Chinese Confucian Academy. His research areas are ethics, Chinese philosophy and religious studies.

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Part 1 The Reduction of Morality

Chapter I. Autonomy and Altruism: On the Moralistic Interpretation of Confucian Thought

Chapter II. Do the Zhou People's Concern-Consciousness and Respect for Virtue Constitute a Moral Breakthrough?

Chapter III. Is the Confucian Doctrine of Benevolence a Moralistic Doctrine?

Chapter IV. Is Mencius' Theory of Goodness of Human Nature a Moral Metaphysics?

Part 2 The Appropriation of Autonomy

Chapter I. The Spirit of Confucian Ethics and Autonomous Morality

Chapter II. Mencius on the Internality of Benevolence and Righteousness

Chapter III. "The Internality of Benevolence and Righteousness" and Autonomous Morality

Chapter IV. Confucian Ethics: Virtue-Based or Law-Based? ****