Virtue, nature, and moral agency in the Xunzi / edited, with introduction, by T.C. Kline III and Philip J. Ivanhoe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kline, T. C., 1966-

Ivanhoe, Philip J., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xunzi, 340 B.C.-245 B.C. Xunzi.

Xunzi.

Ethics--China.

Ethics.

China.

Physical Description:

xvii. 268 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Hackett Pub., [2000]

Contents:

1. State and Society in the Xunzi: A Philosophical Commentary / Henry Rosemont, Jr. 1

2. Ethical Uses of the Past in Early Confucianism: The Case of Xunzi / Antonio S. Cua 39

3. Virtues in Xunzi's Thought / Jonathan W. Schofer 69

4. Xunzi: Morality as Psychological Constraint / Joel J. Kupperman 89

5. Mengzi and Xunzi: Two Views of Human Agency / Bryan W. Van Norden 103

6. Xunzi on Moral Motivation / David B. Wong 135

7. Moral Agency and Motivation in the Xunzi / T. C. Kline III 155

8. Xunzi and Zhuangzi / David S. Nivison 176

9. Theories of Human Nature in Mencius and Xunzi / D. C. Lau 188

10. Does Xunzi Have a Consistent Theory of Human Nature? / Eric Hutton 220

11. Human Nature and Moral Understanding in the Xunzi / Philip J. Ivanhoe 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and indexes.

ISBN:

0872205231

0872205223

OCLC:

42692088