Against Political Equality (eBook)

The Confucian Case

Tongdong Bai (Autor)

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2019
344 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19746-3 (ISBN)

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How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today's political problemsWhat might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like? In Against Political Equality, Tongdong Bai offers a possibility inspired by Confucian ideas.Bai argues that domestic governance influenced by Confucianism can embrace the liberal aspects of democracy along with the democratic ideas of equal opportunities and governmental accountability to the people. But Confucianism would give more political decision-making power to those with the moral, practical, and intellectual capabilities of caring for the people. While most democratic thinkers still focus on strengthening equality to cure the ills of democracy, the proposed hybrid regimemade up of Confucian-inspired meritocratic characteristics combined with democratic elements and a quasi-liberal system of laws and rightsrecognizes that egalitarian qualities sometimes conflict with good governance and the protection of liberties, and defends liberal aspects by restricting democratic ones. Bai applies his views to the international realm by supporting a hierarchical order based on how humane each state is toward its own and other peoples, and on the principle of international interventions whereby humane responsibilities override sovereignty.Exploring the deficiencies posed by many liberal democracies, Against Political Equality presents a novel Confucian-engendered alternative for solving today's political problems.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: The Princeton-China Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Princeton-China Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Accountability • Analects • aristocracy • authoritarianism • Buddhism • Calculation • centralized government • Chinese Culture • Chinese philosophy • Code of conduct • Colonialism • communism • Communitarianism • Confucianism • Confucius • Constitutionalism • Criticism • Daniel A. Bell • D. C. Lau • de facto • demagogue • Democracy • Democratization • Doctrine • Duke Huan of Qi • Environmental issue • Equal Opportunity • Explanation • feudalism • Filial Piety • Good Governance • Governance • Government • Ideology • Individualism • Institution • Intellectual • International Relations • John Rawls • Justice as Fairness • left-wing politics • Legislator • Legitimacy (political) • liberal democracy • Liberalism • maoism • Mao Zedong • Market Economy • Mencius • Meritocracy • Modernity • Moral Development • Morality • Moral Relativism • nation state • Natural and legal rights • Neo-Confucianism • Nobility • of education • Opportunism • Oppression • Pacifism • Patriotism • Philosopher • Philosophy • Political Correctness • Political culture • Political Liberalism • Political Philosophy • Political Science • Politician • Politics • Public Interest • Public Participation • Realpolitik • Regime • Religion • Representative Democracy • Republic (Plato) • Requirement • rhetoric • Rule of Law • Ruler • Scholar-official • Self-Interest • Slavery • Sovereignty • State (polity) • Suggestion • Tax • Technology • The Other Hand • traditional chinese characters • Transliteration • treatise • Utilitarianism • Voting • Warring States Period • Western Philosophy • Western World
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19746-6 / 0691197466
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19746-3 / 9780691197463