Contemporary Confucian political philosophy: toward progressive Confucianism

Preface page vii 1 Introduction: Contextualizing Progressive Confucianism 1 2 Self-Restriction: The Indirect Link Between Ethics and Politics 24 3 Rethinking Authority and Rejecting Authoritarianism: Giving the People their Voice 36 4 Debating the Rule of Law and Virtue Politics: Zhang Shizhao, Mou Zongsan, and Today 58 5 The Rights of All Under Heaven: Human Rights and Contemporary Confucianism 74 6 Neither Ethics nor Law: Ritual Propriety as Confucian Civility 91 7 Virtue, Politics, and Social Criticism: Toward Deference without Oppression 111 8 Conclusion: The Shape of Confucian Virtue-Ritual-Politics 136 Notes 147 Bibliography 180 Index and Glossary of Chinese Terms 194