Is Confucian ethics primarily egoistic or altruistic? There is textual support for both answers.For the former,for example,Confucius claims that one learns for the sake of oneself;for the latter,we can find Confucius saying that one ought to not impose upon others as one would not like to be imposed upon.This essay aims to explain in what sense Confucian ethics is egoistic (the highest goal one aims to reach is to become a virtuous person oneself) and in what sense it is altruistic (a virtuous person is necessarily concerned with the well-being,both external and internal,of others).The conclusion to be drawn,however,is not that Confucian ethics is both egoistic and altruistic,but that it is neither,since the Confucian ideal of a virtuous person is to be in one body with others so that there are really no others (since all others become part of myself),and since there are no others,there is no self either.
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机译:Peng, Guoxiang 彭国翔, Interpretation and Examination of Confucian Tradition: From Classical Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism to New Confucianism 儒家传统的诠释与思辨——从先秦儒学、宋明理学到现代新儒学
机译:Chen, Lai 陈来, Ancient Religion and Ethics: Sources of Confucian Thought 宗教与伦理: 儒家思想的根源, Yunchen Wenhua 允辰文化, Taipei 台北, 2005, 375 pages; and The World of Ancient Thought and Culture: Religion, Ethics , and Social Thought in the Spring and Autumn Period 古代思想文化世界—春秋时代的宗教、伦理与社会思想, Sanlian Shudian 三联书店, Beijing 北京, 2002, 418 pages