学科国际前沿教师培训项目

Early Confucian Moral Psychology

Lecture One:

Bu ren不忍 and xiu wu羞恶

in the Mencius

Speaker主讲人：

Winnie Sung（ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore）

Discussant评议人：

Wei Sun（Dean of the Institute of Philosophy, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences）

Moderator主持人：

Jifen Li（Renmin University of China）

Date: 6.4, 2024

Time：14:00-17:00

Place：Renwen Building（人文楼） 600

About the speaker:

Winnie Sung is Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Her current research covers three main areas. The first area is concerned with early Confucian thought, especially with pre-Qin philosopher Xunzi’s thought. The second area is concerned with moral psychology. She has worked on topics such as hypocrisy, trustworthiness, resentment, and sympathy. The third area is concerned with issues that are at the intersection of epistemology and philosophy of mind, focusing on reasoning and self-knowledge. She was previously Research Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is currently Visiting Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leeds UK.

Abstract:

Lecture 1 investigates the notion of bu ren 不忍 (cannot bear to harm others) and xiu wu 羞恶 (embarrassment and loathing). We will attempt to examine aspects of bu ren and xiu wu that are understudied, even though these two notions are widely acknowledged to be central to Mencius’s thought. We will make textual observations about the terms and highlight the features of and the psychological conditions necessary for these psychological phenomena.

主办单位：

中国人民大学哲学院

中国人民大学当代中国哲学发展研究中心

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