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- Title
Heaven as a Source for Ethical Warrant in Early Confucianism.
- Authors
Ivanhoe, Philip J.
- Abstract
Contrary to what several prominent scholars contend, a number of important early Confucians ground their ethical claims by appealing to the authority of tian, Heaven, insisting that Heaven endows human beings with a distinctive ethical nature and at times acts in the world. This essay describes the nature of such appeals in two early Confucian texts: the Lunyu (Analects) and Mengzi (Mencius). It locates this account within a larger narrative that begins with some of the earliest conceptions of a supreme deity in China. The essay concludes by noting some similarities and differences between these early Confucian accounts and more familiar views commonly shared by monotheists.
- Subjects
CHINA; HEAVEN; AFTERLIFE; HEAVENLY recognition; CONFUCIANISM; CONFUCIANISM &; literature; LITERARY ethics; INTELLECTUALS; SCHOLARS
- Publication
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 2007, Vol 6, Issue 3, p211
- ISSN
1540-3009
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11712-007-9013-1