TY - JOUR
T1 - The secret of confucian Wuwei statecraft
T2 - Mencius's political theory of responsibility
AU - Kim, Sungmoon
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Despite his strong commitment to the ideal of wuwei statecraft, Mencius advanced a distinct yet cohesive theory of Confucian youwei statecraft that can serve the ideal of wuwei, first by means of the principled application of individual and social responsibility under unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, and second by offering a concrete public policy (i.e. the well-field system) that contributes to a decent socioeconomic condition on which the society can be self-governing and where individuals (and families) can fully exercise their individual moral and socioeconomic responsibility. My central claim is that Confucian wuwei statecraft has a practical and social background, namely, a socioeoconomically and morally self-governing civil society.
AB - Despite his strong commitment to the ideal of wuwei statecraft, Mencius advanced a distinct yet cohesive theory of Confucian youwei statecraft that can serve the ideal of wuwei, first by means of the principled application of individual and social responsibility under unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, and second by offering a concrete public policy (i.e. the well-field system) that contributes to a decent socioeconomic condition on which the society can be self-governing and where individuals (and families) can fully exercise their individual moral and socioeconomic responsibility. My central claim is that Confucian wuwei statecraft has a practical and social background, namely, a socioeoconomically and morally self-governing civil society.
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U2 - 10.1080/09552360903577527
DO - 10.1080/09552360903577527
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951838422
VL - 20
SP - 27
EP - 42
JO - Asian Philosophy
JF - Asian Philosophy
SN - 0955-2367
IS - 1
ER -