Voice From the East: The Chinese Theory of Justice

Huang Yushun, Hou Pingping, Wang Keyou

• Publisher: Paths Publishing Group
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781844643868
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Eastern Philosophy

This book is a pioneering study on restructuring the Chinese theory of justice, against a background of hegemonic dominance of the Western theory of justice and of the collective aphasia of China's intellectual and academic communities in this aspect. It discusses the problems caused by the dominating Western theory of justice and the urgent needs for a universal theory of justice. It delineates the origin and the development of the Chinese intellectual history of justice and explores ways to address justice-related issues in the contemporary world. The book initiates a dialogue on the theory of justice in the world and stimulates further debate and research. In recent years, studies on justice-related issues, such as fairness and impartiality, have become increasingly popular. Undoubtedly, this has to do with the various manifestations of injustice, not only in regions and countries, but also in the world's economic and political orders. Currently, the world is dominated by the Western theory of justice, which has led to a series of irrational actions of injustice by certain Western countries in the name of justice. The world is in urgent need of a universal theory of justice acceptable to all countries to guide their acts in international affairs. The book provides a modern interpretation of classical Chinese institutional ethics and reconstructs the Chinese theory of justice in order to initiate a dialogue between the Western and Eastern world on the theory of justice, and to contribute to the establishing of a universal theory of justice in the real sense. (Series: Philosophy in Modern China) [Subject: Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics, Justice Studies]

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Translators’ Note
• Preface
• Part I The Chinese Theory of Justice
• Part II Confucian Theories of Justice
• Part III A History of Chinese Thought on Justice
• 8 “People’s Sovereignty” and the Principle of Justice: An Interpretation of the Duke of Zhou’s Political Philosophy
• 9 The Significance of The Rites of Zhou in Modern Society Interpreting the Concept of Social Justice in The Rites of Zhou
• 10 Properness and Fitness of Norms and Institutions: A Study of the Thought of Justice in Zhouyi
• 11 Establishing Norms and Institutions on the Basis of Benevolence and Promoting Political Reform on the Basis of Justice: An inquiry into the Confucian Root of Legalism and its Variations Reflected in the Book of Lord Shang
• 12 The Idea of Justice of the Han Empire and Its Enlightenment to Modern Society--An Interpretation of yì 义 in Baihu Tongyi
• 13 Consistency of the Great Unification in China over Three Historical Periods
• Part IV Contemporary Social Justice Issues
• 14 Confucianism and the Destiny of China: Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the May Fourth Movement
• 15 Crisis or Opportunity? Reflections on the Current Financial Crisis and the Confucian Principle of Justice
• 16 How Is “Global Ethic” Possible? Questions Regarding the Declaration toward a Global Ethic and Confucian Ethics
• 17 lĭ 礼and Life: A Speech on Confucianism Delivered in the Holy City Qufu
• Part V Appendices
• 18 A Letter in Reply to Professor X
• 19 Four Letters Concerning the Kin Concealment System
• 20 Confucian Ethics and Contemporary China: An Interview with Professor Huang Yushun
• Copyright Page