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    Shun

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Confucian Studies, Comparative Philosophy

    b. 1952

    Kwong-loi Shun is a contemporary philosopher specializing in Chinese and comparative philosophy, best known for his rigorous analytical treatment of early Confucian moral psychology. His scholarship bridges Anglo-American analytic philosophy and classical Chinese thought, with particular focus on Mencius and Xunzi. He has made influential contributions to debates about the nature of moral motivation, human nature, and the interpretation of classical Confucian texts.

    Notable Achievements

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    Authored 'Mencius and Early Chinese Thought' (1997), a landmark analytical study of Mencian moral philosophy

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    Distinguished analysis of competing interpretations of Mencius's moral psychology, including the water-metaphor view

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    Advanced comparative methodology integrating analytic philosophy with classical Chinese textual scholarship

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    Contributed to debates on the relationship between Xunzi's and Mencius's accounts of human nature

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    Co-edited 'Confucian Ethics: A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy, and Community' (2004)

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Moral Responsibility

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    Xunzi's criticism of Mencius has force when Mencius is interpreted via the water-metaphor view

    Virtue Ethics

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    Xunzi's criticism of Mencius has force when Mencius is interpreted via the water-metaphor view

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    Analytic Philosophy, Confucian Studies, Comparative Philosophy

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    Virtue Ethics1
    Moral Responsibility1

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