English Lecture Series: Chinese Philosophy and Modern Perspectives  ·  2022

 全英文系列讲座：中国哲学与当代视界 · 2022

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Speaker主讲人：Gong Zhichong 宫志翀

Date日期:18,Dec.2022, Sunday周日

Time 时间：14:00-15:30

Place 地点：Lide Building 立德楼 0709

Tencent meeting ID 腾讯会议ID: 699 4551 8805

Back up ID 备用会议号：810 8525 2846

Bilibili B站直播间 ID：2239 1891

Abstract about the lecture:

    Since the 20th century, Confucianism has been seriously challenged by the view that it has only private morality and no public morality. Moreover, this has often been attributed to Confucianism's emphasis on family ethics. This article responds in the light of the Confucian doctrine that 'man is born of Tian '. First, Confucianism understands human existence on two levels. On the one hand, man is a child of his parents. On the other hand, man is considered to be 'born of Tian'. This suggests that two important moral aspects of man, namely filial piety and benevolence, are based on different bonds of human existence. As such, these two virtues have different occasions of application and require different moral capacities. On this basis, Confucianism proposes a way of cultivating the virtues that filial piety is the foundation of benevolence. Based on these premises, Confucianism conceives of an ideal order. Confucianism holds that gentlemen involved in politics must fulfil benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trust, while for the people they need only fulfil filial piety in the family. This reflects the way in which Confucianism distinguishes between the public and private spheres.

About the speaker：

    Gong Zhichong，lecturer，School of Philosophy，Renmin University of China. PhD in Philosophy from Peking University. His research interests include Confucian political philosophy, modern Chinese political thought, Confucian classics.

Host: School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China； Institute for Advanced International Philosophical Studies

主办单位：中国人民大学哲学院；国际哲学高等研究院

转自公众号：人大中哲全英文硕士CPRC