By Stephen C. Angle
The innovative Confucianism defended the following takes key principles of the twentieth-century Confucian thinker Mou Zongsan (1909-1995) as its element of departure for exploring matters like political authority and legitimacy, the guideline of legislation, human rights, civility, and social justice. the result's anti-authoritarian with no forsaking the information of advantage and concord; it preserves the major values Confucians locate in ritual and hierarchy with out giving in to oppression or domination. A important objective of the ebook is to offer innovative Confucianism in this sort of method as to make its insights appear to non-Confucians, be they philosophers or just voters drawn to the capability contributions of chinese language pondering to our rising, shared world.
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