Encountering China: Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: China's Encounter with Michael Sandel / Evan Osnos -- I. Justice, Harmony, and Community -- 1. Community without Harmony? A Confucian Critique of Michael Sandel \ Chenyang Li -- 2. Individual, Family, Community, and Beyond: Some Confucian Reflections on Themes in Sandel's Justice \ Tongdong Bai -- 3. Justice as a Virtue, Justice according to Virtues, and / or Justice of Virtues: A Confucian Amendment to Michael Sandel's Idea of Justice \ Yong Huang -- II. Civic Virtue and Moral Education -- 4. Sandel's Ideas on Civic Virtue \ Zhu Huiling -- 5. Sandel's Democracy's Discontent from a Confucian Perspective \ Chen Lai -- III. Pluralism and Perfection: Sandel and the Daoist Tradition -- 6. Gender, Moral Disagreements, and Freedom: Sandel's Politics of Common Good in Chinese Contexts \ Robin R. Wang -- 7. Satisfaction, Genuine Pretending, and Perfection: Sandel's The Case against Perfection and Daoism \ Paul J. D'Ambrosio -- IV. Conceptions of the Person: Sandel and the Confucian Tradition -- 8. Theorizing the "Person" in Confucian Ethics \ Roger T. Ames -- 9. How to Think about Morality without Moral Agents \ Henry Rosemont Jr. -- 10. A Sandelian Response to Confucian Role Ethics \ Paul J. D'Ambrosio -- V. Reply by Michael Sandel -- 11. Learning from Chinese Philosophy \ Michael J. Sandel -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

In Michael Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by their swift embrace of a market economy - one whose communitarian ideas resonate with China's own rich, ancient philosophical traditions. This volume explores the connections and tensions revealed in this unlikely episode of Chinese engagement with the West.

Community without harmony? A Confucian critique of Michael Sandel / Chenyang Li -- Individual, family, community, and beyond: Some Confucian reflections on themes in Sandel's Justice / Tongdong Bai -- Justice as a virtue, justice according to virtues, and / or justice of virtues: a Confucian amendment to Sandel's Idea of Justice / Yong Huang -- Sandel's ideas on civic virtue / Zhu Huiling -- Sandel's Democracy's discontent from a Confucian perspective / Chen Lai -- Gender, moral disagreements, and freedom: Sandel's politics of common good in Chinese contexts / Robin R. Wang -- Satisfaction, genuine pretending, and perfection: Sandel's The Case against Perfection and Daoism / Paul J. D'Ambrosio -- Theorizing the "person" in Confucian ethics / Roger T. Ames -- How to think about morality without moral agents / Henry Rosemont Jr -- A Sandelian response to Confucian role ethics / Paul J. D'Ambrosio -- V. Reply by Michael Sandel -- Learning from Chinese philosophy / Michael J. Sandel.