If Confucius met Scanlon-Understanding filial piety from Confucianism and Contractualism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Sin (0000-0001-5838-2708, Education University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12792 |
| OpenAlex | W3210267332 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
How much should adult children sacrifice to care for their chronically ill parents? If parents commit crimes, should their children report them to the authorities? What are the demands of filial obligation in these cases? Traditionally, Confucians have favoured a somewhat stringent view of filial obligation. By this view, adult children have to provide long-term care to their parents as well as place their parents' interests over any concerns of justice, should the two happen to conflict. I will call these stringent views the principles of filial caregiving and filial favoritism. In this paper, I will use Scanlon's Contractualism to analyze the two principles, and juxtapose the Contractualist analysis with the Confucian filial piety. By doing this, we sharpen Confucianism's critical elements, and highlight the coherence of Contractualism with this ethical ideology from a non-analytic tradition
Contractualism · Economic Justice · Filial piety · Institutionalisation · Law and economics · Obligation · Political science · Sacrifice · Sociology · Theology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Philosophy
Women's Caring
Early Confucian Moral Psychology
Filial Obligations
On “Humane Love” and “Kinship Love”
Family Reverence (xiao 孝) as the Source of Consummatory Conduct (ren 仁)
Filiality versus Sociality and Individuality
Caring for Frail Elderly Parents
Xunzi
Confucian Role Ethics
To Become a Filial Son, a Loyal Subject, or a Humane Person?—On the Confucian Ideas about Humanity
Piety and Individuality Through a Convoluted Path of Rightness
Does Confucian Ethics Integrate Care Ethics and Justice Ethics? The Case of Mencius
The Demandingness of Confucianism in the Case of Long-Term Caregiving 1
Aging, Health Care, and Elder Care
Gender Differences in Caregiver Stressors, Social Resources, and Health
Confucianism, Rule‐Consequentialism, and the Demands of Filial Obligations
Adult Children’s Obligations Towards Their Parents
Why an Upright Son Does Not Disclose His Father Stealing a Sheep
Choice” in Filial Care Work
The Blessings and the Curses of Filial Piety on Dignity at the End of Life
Informal Caregiving
The Demandingness of Scanlon’s Contractualism
Daughters Caring for Dying Parents
Health and Canadian society
Recent Approaches to Confucian Filial Morality
Four Theories of Filial Duty
Stress, Role Captivity, and the Cessation of Caregiving
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |