9 Does Confucianism Need a Metaphysical Theory of Human Nature?

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Methods
5. Roger T. Ames and the Meaning of Confucianism 13
6. On Comparative and Post-Comparative Philosophy 31
7. On the Importance of the Ames-Hall Collaboration 47
8. Issues
9. The Art of Rulership in the Context of Heaven and Earth 65
10. Sex and Somaesthetics 91
11. Vast Continuity versus the One 111
12. Supplementing Ames on Creativity 133
13. Roles
14. Building Bridges to Distant Shores 159
15. Does Confucianism Need a Metaphysical Theory of Human Nature? 183
16. Roles, Community, and Morality 203
17. Performance in Confucian Role Ethics 213
18. Role Ethics 229
19. Replies
20. Roger T. Ames Responds 249
21. Contributors 295
22. Index 301