Confucian Ren and Feminist Ethics of Care - Integrating Relational Self, Power, and Democracy

Confucian traditions have ingrained gender stratifications in Chinese culture today. Yuan proposes re-reading early Confucian texts as a vision of Ren with Dao with the unity of heaven, earth, and humanity, in order to reclaim the egalitarian aspects and develop openness for gender equity with integration of feminist critical care ethics.

List of contents

Part I

Chapter 1 Strength and Weakness of Early Confucian Ethics on Women

Chapter 2 A Debate about Minben and Minzhu: Toward Caring Democracy

Part II

Chapter 3 Feminist Critiques of Gender Inequality and Ethics of Care

Chapter 4 Notions of Reciprocity: Kongzi, Kant, Beauvoir, and Critiques of Gender Roles

Chapter 5 Methodology of the Ethics of Care: Integrating Care and Justice

Part III

Chapter 6 Hume's Sympathy, Mengzi's Empathy, Feminist Interpretations: Extensive Virtue

Chapter 7 China's Population Policy: Aging, Gender, and Sustainability

About the author

Lijun Yuan is professor of philosophy at Texas State University.

Product details

• Authors: Lijun Yuan
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781498558181
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5818-1
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Central government policies, Humanist philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy