Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming

This volume serves both as an introduction to the thought of Mengzi (Mencius) and Wang Yangming and as a comparison of their views. By examining issues held in common by both thinkers, Ivanhoe illustrates how the Confucian tradition was both continued and transformed by Wang Yangming, and shows the extent to which he was influenced by Buddhism. Topics explored are: the nature of morality; human nature; the nature and origin of wickedness; self cultivation; and sagehood. In addition to revised versions of each of these original chapters, Ivanhoe includes a new chapter on Kongzi's (Confucius') view of the Way.

• A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality (Hackett Philosophical Dialogues)
• Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)
• Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God (Hackett Philosophical Dialogues)
• Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Hackett Classics)
• Readings from the Lu-Wang School of Neo-Confucianism
• Mengzi: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries (Hackett Classics)
• Confucian Moral Self Cultivation
• Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries (Hackett Classics)
• Zhu Xi: Selected Writings (Oxford Chinese Thought)
• Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy: Han to the 20th Century