Kong Zi on Good Governance

This paper will delve into the problem of Good Governance in the light of Kong Zi. What makes up a Just State? What are the elements that constitute a prosperous Kingdom? What principles of Confucianism can we employ to achieve a just and humane society? These are the primary questions that we will...

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Main Author: Moses Aaron T. Angeles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Santo Tomas 2008-12-01
Series:Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy
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Online Access:http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_4/angeles_december2008.pdf
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spelling doaj-3b67ac5cf3424e5398d130cd0eb2dd5e2020-11-24T23:35:49ZengUniversity of Santo TomasKritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy1908-73302008-12-0122155161Kong Zi on Good GovernanceMoses Aaron T. AngelesThis paper will delve into the problem of Good Governance in the light of Kong Zi. What makes up a Just State? What are the elements that constitute a prosperous Kingdom? What principles of Confucianism can we employ to achieve a just and humane society? These are the primary questions that we will try to investigate as we go along. The paper will be thus divided into three essential parts: The Notion of Li and the Sovereign, The ConfucianMoral Ideal, and lastly, The Great Commonwealth.http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_4/angeles_december2008.pdfKong ZigovernanceConfucianism
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Kong Zi on Good Governance
Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy
Kong Zi
governance
Confucianism
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title Kong Zi on Good Governance
title_short Kong Zi on Good Governance
title_full Kong Zi on Good Governance
title_fullStr Kong Zi on Good Governance
title_full_unstemmed Kong Zi on Good Governance
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publisher University of Santo Tomas
series Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy
issn 1908-7330
publishDate 2008-12-01
description This paper will delve into the problem of Good Governance in the light of Kong Zi. What makes up a Just State? What are the elements that constitute a prosperous Kingdom? What principles of Confucianism can we employ to achieve a just and humane society? These are the primary questions that we will try to investigate as we go along. The paper will be thus divided into three essential parts: The Notion of Li and the Sovereign, The ConfucianMoral Ideal, and lastly, The Great Commonwealth.
topic Kong Zi
governance
Confucianism
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