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The Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency : Virtuous Conduct, Hardback Book

The Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency : Virtuous Conduct Hardback

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Henrique Schneider argues that understanding the three Early Confucian thinkers—Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi—as virtue-ethicists, political philosophers, or social conservatives proves too narrow.

Championing a broader and more philosophical reading, The Early Confucian Philosophy of Agency: Virtuous Conduct sheds new light on a well-established topic.

Virtuous conduct—aligning actions and motivations with virtues, social roles, and rituals—is the philosophy of agency of Early Confucianism.

Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi share a common philosophy of agency, which does more than describe agents and acts: it also represents a progressive social and political program.

Schneider characterizes Early Confucianism as a progressive philosophy due to its human-centered program for social reform, its process view of self-cultivation, and its development.

Agents who cultivate themselves can produce virtuous conduct, flourish, and become Junzi.

This lets them lead each other in self-cultivation, social environment, and polity.

As such, virtuous conduct integrates ethics, social and political philosophy in a theory of action.

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