Can Confucianism add value to democracy education?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23239609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Betty Yung (0000-0003-4613-6758, Education University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1919-1926 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (CONFERENCE) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1877-0428 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.1010 |
| OpenAlex | W2100820865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
Democracy essentially means ‘people ruling themselves’ or ‘self-rule’. In the light of this, democracy education should aim at nurturing citizens well-suited to live in a democracy, that is, capable of ‘ruling themselves’ or ‘self-rule’. Ideal citizens in a democracy should seek to be well-informed, have independent decision-making abilities with regard to community affairs, possess high degree of tolerance of diversity, have respect for the individual, equality and freedom, share a certain degree of consensus with and have concern for others in society as well as care for the general good of society. Certain elements in Confucian thought may be conducive to and congenial with the nurturing of citizens, indeed even better ones, well-suited to live in a democracy, perhaps one with a hue of Confucianism. This paper will examine to what extent Confucianism is compatible with or add value to the ideal of democracy education. In doing so, one has to distinguish between ‘Confucianism as an ideal’ and ‘Confucianism in practice’ as the latter may deviate from the former as inexact implementation of the ideal.
Democracy · Democratic ideals · Diversity (politics) · Ideal (ethics) · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Mathematics
Role of confucianism in sociopolitics of the Nguyen dynasty in the first half of the 19th century
Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia
Rights Claiming in South Korea
Competition between Politicized and Depoliticized Versions of Civic Education Curricula
Road to good governance and modernization in Asia
Revisiting the Analects for a modern reading of the Confucian dialogical spirit in education
Citizenship education ‘goes global’
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |