Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy

Preface page vii

1 Introduction: Contextualizing Progressive Confucianism 1

2 Self-Restriction: The Indirect Link Between Ethics and Politics 24

3 Rethinking Authority and Rejecting Authoritarianism: Giving the People their Voice 36

4 Debating the Rule of Law and Virtue Politics: Zhang Shizhao, Mou Zongsan, and Today 58

5 The Rights of All Under Heaven: Human Rights and Contemporary Confucianism 74

6 Neither Ethics nor Law: Ritual Propriety as Confucian Civility 91

7 Virtue, Politics, and Social Criticism: Toward Deference without Oppression 111

8 Conclusion: The Shape of Confucian Virtue-Ritual-Politics 136

Notes 147

Bibliography 180

Index and Glossary of Chinese Terms 194