Confucius/Confucianism
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Ancient Chinese Thought in Today’s LA Times
I noticed two op-ed pieces in the LA Times today (one is from last week), which capture certain points of Confucianism and Taoism. Let’s do the Confucian one first. Meghan Daum writes about the over use… Continue reading
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Lee Kwan Yew, Legalist Power-Monger Who Distorts Confucianism For His Own Interests
Old man Lee is at it again, trying to rationalize the authoritarian system he created and helps to reproduce in Singapore by invoking Confucius: Embracing Confucian values has enabled Asian countries to build harmonious societies and rapidly grow… Continue reading
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Confucian Institute Does the Confucian Thing
In the matter of Confucian plagiarism, which I mentioned a few days ago, it seems that the Confucius Institute Online has apologized for reprinting articles verbatim without attribution and taken down the material from its web site. That… Continue reading
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Confucian Plagarism
From China Law Blog, I learn how the Confucius Institute Online is taking whole articles without attribution from another web site, China Expat. In the comments at China Law Blog the possibility has been raised that such plagiarism… Continue reading
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Korean Confucian Abortion
So here I am this morning in the office, getting ready to plug in my memory key and upload the book chapter I am working on (this is chapter three, which discusses abortion, in vitro fertilization, and stem… Continue reading
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So….Maybe China is a Confucian Society After All…Nah…
As regular readers of this blog know, I have, from time to time, taken the opportunity to link to various stories that show how contemporary China does not really live up to the title "Confucian." But here is… Continue reading
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Against Perfectionism
Add this to The Useless Tree summer reading list: Michael Sandel, The Case Against Perfectionism: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Harvard, 2007). It was reviewed today in the NYT by William Saletan. I have only read… Continue reading
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A Liberal China
As I apply Confucianism and Taoism to modern American and Chinese life, I am struck by a question: how liberal is China now? The question arises because both Confucianism and Taoism have to be accommodated, in… Continue reading
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No Justice
The failed president, Bush, commuted the jail sentence of his lying underling, "Scooter" Libby. For his obstruction of justice, then, an obstruction that shielded the constitutionally-challenged Dick Cheney from legal scrutiny, Libby avoids the greatest humiliation, though he… Continue reading
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Confucian Apparatchiks
China Law Blog picks up a post from a new blog, The Pacific Narrows, which raises political questions about the recent revelations of slave labor in the PRC. The issue is the use of remonstrance – appealing to… Continue reading
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