“WHY BE MORAL?” The Cheng Brothers' Neo-Confucian Answer
In this article, I present a neo-Confucian answer, by Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, to the question, “Why should I be moral?” I argue that this answer is better than some representative answers in the Western philosophical tradition. According to the Chengs, one should be moral because it is a joy to perf...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 321-353 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hobbes
B Hume B Cheng Hao B Plato B Cheng Yi B Egoism B Confucianism B Moral Motivation B Aristotle |
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