Temptation in Mengzi 1A7
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Joonho | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-28T14:30:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-10-28T14:30:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-09-18 | |
dc.description.abstract | The harmony thesis about a virtuous person, widely held by neo-Aristotelians, supposes that someone highly vulnerable to temptation is not virtuous at all. However, is that the only plausible picture of a virtuous person’s psychology? This essay aims to offer an alternative picture by discussing the account of virtue in the thought of Mengzi 孟子 and his conception of moral exemplars. First, I analyze the Mengzian moral exemplar as depicted in Mengzi 1A7—specifically, the susceptibility of the nobleman (junzi 君子) to compassion and the relevant temptation. Then, I explain how this differs from neo-Aristotelian virtue ethical theories. This passage shows that there is a certain price to being virtuous in Mengzi’s virtue theory. By examining various ways of addressing this challenge, I explore Mengzi’s solution to it, which will shed light on Mengzi’s own way of specifying virtue and its significant advantage as a potential alternative to certain other approaches. | |
dc.description.uri | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11712-024-09956-5 | |
dc.format.extent | 20 pages | |
dc.genre | journal articles | |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2dzkf-c9zv | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lee, Joonho. “Temptation in Mengzi 1A7.” Dao, September 18, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-024-09956-5. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-024-09956-5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/36741 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer | |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Philosophy Department | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 Deed | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Compassion | |
dc.subject | Neo-Aristotelianism | |
dc.subject | Virtue ethics | |
dc.subject | Mengzi 孟子 | |
dc.subject | Moral exemplars | |
dc.subject | Temptation | |
dc.title | Temptation in Mengzi 1A7 | |
dc.type | Text | |
dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5086-3123 |
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