书评：陈来《儒学美德论》

Xin, L. Chen, Lai 陳來, The Confucian Theory of Virtue 儒學美德論. Dao 22, 159–162 (2023).

Perspective: Virtue ethics.

MacIntyre's After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

Content:

1, public virtue (gongde 公德) and private virtue (side 私德)

2, virtue ethics

Enlightening points:

1, A human moral agent is both a body-being (shenti de cunzai 身體的存在 ) and a mind-being (xinling de cunzai 心靈的存在 ). 儒家对道德主体的看法。

2, Confucian ethics is also the unity of virtue and principle, of nature and virtue, of the moral and the nonmoral, of public virtue and private virtue, and of moral state and hypermoral/supererogatory state (chaodaode jingjie 超道德境界 ). 儒家是一系列对子的圆融统一。

3, Confucianism clarifies the idea of personality, that is, the personality of a gentleman (junzi renge 君子人格 ) and the personality of a sage (shengxian renge 聖賢人格 ) through its description of virtues. 儒家澄清了人格观念。

4, using virtue ethics as a reference can help us examine and analyze Confucius' ethical system from a new angle. 以美德伦理学来分析儒家伦理系统。

Drawbacks:

1, it is not systematic.

2, he does not dig deep enough into the moral problems in China.

3, the author refers to Michael Slote's view on virtue ethics but does not give sufficient analysis.