TY - JOUR
T1 - Famine, Affluence, and Confucianism
T2 - Reconstructing a Confucian Perspective on Global Distributive Justice
AU - Wong, Baldwin
N1 - Acknowledgment:
This paper was presented in the panel “Chinese Traditions in International Relation” at the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting. Thanks to the audience and especially to my commentators in this panel.
Publisher copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Recently, most of the discussions in Confucian political theory have concentrated on whether Confucianism is compatible with local political practices, such as liberal democracy. The question of how Confucians view global distributive justice has not yet received critical attention. This essay aims to fill this gap. I will first describe a contractualist methodology, which aims at deriving substantial political principles from a formal conception of the person. Then I will discuss what conception of the person Confucianism assumes. Finally, I will use the contractualist methodology to derive three principles of global distributive justice. These three principles form a distinctive conception based on ideas that are usually ignored in the current discussions of global justice, such as virtues, community, and rituals.
AB - Recently, most of the discussions in Confucian political theory have concentrated on whether Confucianism is compatible with local political practices, such as liberal democracy. The question of how Confucians view global distributive justice has not yet received critical attention. This essay aims to fill this gap. I will first describe a contractualist methodology, which aims at deriving substantial political principles from a formal conception of the person. Then I will discuss what conception of the person Confucianism assumes. Finally, I will use the contractualist methodology to derive three principles of global distributive justice. These three principles form a distinctive conception based on ideas that are usually ignored in the current discussions of global justice, such as virtues, community, and rituals.
KW - Community
KW - Confucianism
KW - Contractualism
KW - Global distributive justice
KW - Rituals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150955912&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11712-023-09879-7
DO - 10.1007/s11712-023-09879-7
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1540-3009
VL - 22
SP - 217
EP - 235
JO - Dao
JF - Dao
IS - 2
ER -
