The Ethical and Political Views of Aristotle and Zhu Xi
Leadership and Self-Governance in Intercultural Context
The Ethical and Political Views of Aristotle and Zhu Xi
Leadership and Self-Governance in Intercultural Context
Description
An intercultural philosophical examination of two major ethical qualities – self-governance and leadership – in Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian and Aristotle's ethics.
In this study of comparative ethics Diana Arghirescu analyses the specific ways in which qualities are conceived and put into practice in two culturally different ethical traditions. Developing a textual dialogue between translations of the Neo-Confucian master Zhu Xi's (1130-1200) authoritative classic commentaries on the ancient Four Books and the corpus of Aristotelian ethics, Arghirescu offers a substantial and innovative comparative analysis of the traditions. The approach reconceives the task of intercultural communication, unveiling distinguishing features of the Chinese and Western interpretations of their two ethical notions.
By identifying cultural presuppositions embedded in these translations of Zhu Xi's Chinese classical texts, Arghirescu's philosophical examination of ethical qualities in Neo-Confucianism and Ancient Greek philosophy challenges traditional ways of thinking and assumptions found in philosophy.
Alert to the limitations of the comparative approach and engaging with the latest work in sinology, this cross-cultural study presents the origins of the diverse cultural sensibilities guiding people's life habits and decision-making process.
Table of Contents
Part I- Foundations of Intercultural Leadership and Governance in Today's Multicultural Society
Chapter 1- Ethico-Political Practice, Law, Care and Their Cultural Presuppositions: An Intercultural Hermeneutic of Neo-Aristotelian (Gadamer, MacIntyre, Aubenque) and Neo-Confucian (Zhu Xi) Approaches
Chapter 2 - Towards an Intercultural and Critical Hermeneutic Approach: Interpreting the Aristotelian and Neo-Confucian Classics on Leadership and Ethico-Political Action
Chapter 3 - The Role of Classics in Fostering Good Governance and Ethical Training: Different Hermeneutical Approaches, Intercultural and Balancing, Western Deliberative and Neo-Confucian Anticipatory
Part II - Towards an Intercultural Ethics of Self-Governance and Leadership in Contemporary Multicultural Society: Aristotelian Virtues and Neo-Confucian Inherent Ethical Powers in the Inner and Outer Practice
Chapter 4 - Zhu Xi's Inherent Ethical Power (de) and Aristotle's Moral Virtue (arete): Distinct Perspectives on Nature and the “Good” Leader, and Their Underlying Cultural Presuppositions
Chapter 5 - Zhu Xi's Inherent Ethical Powers of Humanity/Kindness (Ren) and Spirit of Ritual (Li), Compared with Aristotle's Virtues of Justice (Dikaiosune) and Equity (Epieikeia): Underlying Cultural Presuppositions
Chapter 6 - Neo-Confucian Care for Just Action (Yi) and Courage to Follow Through (Yong) in Dialogue with the Aristotelian Virtue of Courage (Andreia): Underlying cultural assumptions
Conclusion - Bringing Our Strengths Together
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | 10 Dec 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350527089 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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