Voor wie moet je zorg dragen ? Morele discusses tussen vroege confucianisten en mohisten

Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 57 (1):36 - 50 (1995)
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Beginning with a dialogue written in the Mencius (late 4th c. B.C.), this article traces an old discussion in Chinese philosophy concerning the question of whom one shouldtake care of. Confucius (551-479 B.C.) values the capacity for empathy or 'likening to oneself'. He thereby promotes, without explicitly arguing for it, a revaluation and extension of the traditional attitude of gradual concern, starting from close relatives and radiating outward. The first opposition to this attitude comes from the Mohists (5-4th c. B.C.), who promote 'concern for everybody', with stringent argumentation by analogy. Mencius, finally, reluctantly enters the discussion to defend the Confucian attitude. Although the Confucian and Mohist attitudes may seem to resemble Western discussions between ethical universalism and particularism, both opponents take spontaneous emotions as their starting-point and both argue by reasoning in the form of presenting analogies. While Mencius relies mainly on the emotions being conducted by a convincing analogy, the Mohists give primacy to the structure of infallible analogical reasoning, forcingthe emotions towards morality

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