Confucian Ethics and Impartiality： On the Confucian View about Brotherhood  

作　　者：FANG Xudong 

机构地区：[1]Department of Philosophy,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Philosophy in China》2012年第1期1-19,共19页中国哲学前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：This essay reviews Confucian ethics with regard to impartiality and Confucian notion of brotherhood. It focuses on the comments by Song Neo- Confucians, Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi, about a famous case involving brotherhood. In this case Diwu Lun of the Han dynasty treated his diseased son and his diseased nephew in different ways. The author argues that Confucianism, starting from a naturalist standpoint, affirms the partiality in the relations between brothers, and judges deliberate impartiality negatively. On this point, one cannot simply view Confucianism as analogous to the Kantian ethics which promises impartiality or the virtue ethics which opposes impartiality.This essay reviews Confucian ethics with regard to impartiality and Confucian notion of brotherhood. It focuses on the comments by Song Neo- Confucians, Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi, about a famous case involving brotherhood. In this case Diwu Lun of the Han dynasty treated his diseased son and his diseased nephew in different ways. The author argues that Confucianism, starting from a naturalist standpoint, affirms the partiality in the relations between brothers, and judges deliberate impartiality negatively. On this point, one cannot simply view Confucianism as analogous to the Kantian ethics which promises impartiality or the virtue ethics which opposes impartiality.

关 键 词：Confucian ethics Neo-Confucian IMPARTIALITY virtue ethics Kantian ethics BROTHERHOOD 

分 类 号：TU-021[建筑科学—建筑理论] B222[哲学宗教—中国哲学]