Erin M Cline
Biographic Data
| ID | 1249005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin M Cline |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin M |
| FAMILY NAME | Cline |
| SIGNATURE | CLINE E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Confucius, Rawls, and the Sense of Justice
This work examines and compares the role of a sense of justice in the ethical and political thought of Confucius (Kongzi) and John Rawls, and presents an argument concerning why comparative studies are worthwhile. Several scholars of Confucianism have suggested that there are such stark differences between the structure and content of the work of modern liberal philosophers like Rawls and the work of classical Confucian philosophers that it is re…
Confucianism and Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue
Putting Confucian Ethics to the Test: The Role of Empirical Inquiry in Comparative Ethics
This essay presents a case study of how normative and descriptive approaches to comparative religious ethics, as well as textual and empirical approaches, can be mutually enriching. Taking early Confucian ethical views on the centrality of parent‐child relationships in childhood moral development as an example, I examine how empirical evidence can be brought to bear on certain dimensions of traditional ethical views in order to deepen our appreci…
Religious Thought and Practice in the Analects
Justice and Confucianism
This article surveys contemporary scholarship on justice and early Confucianism and builds upon recent work on justice in the Analects by examining the relationship between justice and moral self-cultivation in the Mengzi (Mencius) and the Xunzi. It is argued that focusing on early Confucian accounts of how a sense of justice is cultivated offers insights into Confucian views of justice because it shows how remarks on justice in the Analects, Men…
How To Fish Like a Daoist
Female Spirit Mediums and Religious Authority in Contemporary Southeastern China
Although studies of Chinese spirit mediums in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan abound, there has been little work done on spirit mediums in mainland China today. Yet spirit mediums play an important role in religious life in southeastern China, and in some areas, spirit mediums are predominantly women. This phenomenon is significant not only because it allows women who are of relatively low status to hold positions of religious authority but also …
Nameless Virtues and Restrained Speech in the Analects
Examples of “nameless” virtues are discussed by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics. They are also found in the Confucian Analects. This paper explores what makes a virtue nameless in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Analects, and then argues that restrained speech is best understood as a nameless virtue in the Analects. It further argues that the virtue of restrained speech merits careful study because it contributes to our understanding of namele…
The Way, the Right, and the Good
This article argues that Kongzi's religious ethics suggests an alternative way of understanding the relationship between the right and the good, in which neither takes clear precedence in terms of being more foundational for ethics. The religious underpinnings of Kongzi's understanding of the Way are examined, including the close relationship between tian (“Heaven”) and the Way. It is shown that following the Way is defined primarily by the exten…
Two Senses of Justice: Confucianism, Rawls, and Comparative Political Philosophy
Two Interpretations of De in the Daodejing
Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (review)
Reviewed by: Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China Erin Cline (bio) Edward Slingerland . Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xii, 352 pp. Hardcover $60.00, ISBN 0-19-513899-6. In Effortless Action Edward Slingerland sets out to accomplish two goals, the first of which is to present a systematic account of the rol…
Female Spirit Mediums and Religious Authority in Contemporary Southeastern China
Although studies of Chinese spirit mediums in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan abound, there has been little work done on spirit mediums in mainland China today. Yet spirit mediums play an important role in religious life in southeastern China, and in some areas, spirit mediums are predominantly women. This phenomenon is significant not only because it allows women who are of relatively low status to hold positions of religious authority but also …
Justice and Confucianism
This article surveys contemporary scholarship on justice and early Confucianism and builds upon recent work on justice in the Analects by examining the relationship between justice and moral self-cultivation in the Mengzi (Mencius) and the Xunzi. It is argued that focusing on early Confucian accounts of how a sense of justice is cultivated offers insights into Confucian views of justice because it shows how remarks on justice in the Analects, Men…
Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (review)
Reviewed by: Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China Erin Cline (bio) Edward Slingerland . Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xii, 352 pp. Hardcover $60.00, ISBN 0-19-513899-6. In Effortless Action Edward Slingerland sets out to accomplish two goals, the first of which is to present a systematic account of the rol…
Two Interpretations of De in the Daodejing
Two Senses of Justice: Confucianism, Rawls, and Comparative Political Philosophy
Nameless Virtues and Restrained Speech in the Analects
Examples of “nameless” virtues are discussed by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics. They are also found in the Confucian Analects. This paper explores what makes a virtue nameless in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Analects, and then argues that restrained speech is best understood as a nameless virtue in the Analects. It further argues that the virtue of restrained speech merits careful study because it contributes to our understanding of namele…
The Way, the Right, and the Good
This article argues that Kongzi's religious ethics suggests an alternative way of understanding the relationship between the right and the good, in which neither takes clear precedence in terms of being more foundational for ethics. The religious underpinnings of Kongzi's understanding of the Way are examined, including the close relationship between tian (“Heaven”) and the Way. It is shown that following the Way is defined primarily by the exten…
Female Spirit Mediums and Religious Authority in Contemporary Southeastern China
Although studies of Chinese spirit mediums in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan abound, there has been little work done on spirit mediums in mainland China today. Yet spirit mediums play an important role in religious life in southeastern China, and in some areas, spirit mediums are predominantly women. This phenomenon is significant not only because it allows women who are of relatively low status to hold positions of religious authority but also …
How To Fish Like a Daoist
Religious Thought and Practice in the Analects
Justice and Confucianism
This article surveys contemporary scholarship on justice and early Confucianism and builds upon recent work on justice in the Analects by examining the relationship between justice and moral self-cultivation in the Mengzi (Mencius) and the Xunzi. It is argued that focusing on early Confucian accounts of how a sense of justice is cultivated offers insights into Confucian views of justice because it shows how remarks on justice in the Analects, Men…
Putting Confucian Ethics to the Test: The Role of Empirical Inquiry in Comparative Ethics
This essay presents a case study of how normative and descriptive approaches to comparative religious ethics, as well as textual and empirical approaches, can be mutually enriching. Taking early Confucian ethical views on the centrality of parent‐child relationships in childhood moral development as an example, I examine how empirical evidence can be brought to bear on certain dimensions of traditional ethical views in order to deepen our appreci…
Confucianism and Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue
Confucius, Rawls, and the Sense of Justice
This work examines and compares the role of a sense of justice in the ethical and political thought of Confucius (Kongzi) and John Rawls, and presents an argument concerning why comparative studies are worthwhile. Several scholars of Confucianism have suggested that there are such stark differences between the structure and content of the work of modern liberal philosophers like Rawls and the work of classical Confucian philosophers that it is re…
Philosophy (11 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · China (4 works) · History (4 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works)