How is justice understood in classic Confucianism?
- Authors
- Duvert, C.
- Issue Date
- Oct-2018
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Keywords
- Justice; Confucianism; virtue; government; social conduct; harmony
- Citation
- Asian Philosophy, v.28, no.4, pp.295 - 315
- Journal Title
- Asian Philosophy
- Volume
- 28
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 295
- End Page
- 315
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/31104
- DOI
- 10.1080/09552367.2018.1535477
- ISSN
- 0955-2367
- Abstract
- In Sinicized Asia, justice, conceptualized and institutionalized in its current form on a Western mold is part of a singular and ancient Confucian legal tradition. In this paper, it will be argued that Confucians initially articulated the concept of justice in relation to their own explanation of the world and their ideal, which distinguishes and rewards men’s actions according to their merits and social condition. It will be shown that Confucius’s thinking is primarily political and suggests ways of harmoniously organizing and reforming society in which justice is conceived both as a principle of government, a principle of social conduct and one of the essential virtues, or a ‘moral sense’ that everyone must possess, while, in practice, Confucian justice will put forward the imperatives of retributive justice. This, despite its philosophical aversion for sanctions and for what upsets harmony.
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