Formation of Chinese Humanist Ethics

This book makes Chinese ethics theoretically more understandable through an interdisciplinary approach, from the perspectives of hermeneutics and semiotics. The Analects of Confucius are structurally analyzed so as to reveal the epistemological preconditions and pragmatic rationality implied in the maxims of this important classic. The composition, constitution, and structure of the Han Academic system are studied; other pre-Qin Chinese ideologies, like Taoist nihilism and Mencian-Confucian ethics are also discussed. Volume 1 and 2 The Structure of the Chinese Ethical Archetype1. The Background and Foundation of Confucian Ethical Rationality2. The Pragmatic Aesthetics of Ethical Choice3. The Political Turn of Mencian-Confucian Ethics against Taoist Nihilism and Legalist Philosophy of PowerVolume 3 and 4 The Constitution of Han-Academic Ideology1. The Background and Conditions of Han-Confucianism2. The Composition of the Confucian Classics3. The Cultural Consequences of Han-Confucianism