Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. I. WHAT DID EARLY CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHERS THINK ABOUT PARENT–CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND MORAL CULTIVATION?
6. 1. Moral Cultivation, Filial Piety, and the Good Society in Classical Confucian Philosophy 3
7. 2. Infants, Children, and Early Confucian Moral Cultivation 40
8. II. HOW ARE EARLY CONFUCIAN VIEWS OF PARENT–CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND MORAL CULTIVATION DISTINCTIVE, COMPARED WITH VIEWS IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY?
9. 3. Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation in Traditional Western Philosophy 95
10. 4. Feminist and Confucian Perspectives on Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation 141
11. III. WHY DO CONFUCIAN VIEWS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT–CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND MORAL CULTIVATION WARRANT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, AND WHAT CAN THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE AREAS?
12. 5. Early Childhood Development and Evidence-Based Approaches to Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation 189
13. 6. The Humanities at Work: Confucian Resources for Social and Policy Change 237
14. Conclusion 287
15. Notes 295
16. Bibliography 315
17. Index 329