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    Confucian role ethics (Ames, Rosemont) grounds compassion... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Even granting Wang's intuitions, his metaphysics may not be the best explanation of them.

    Confucian role ethics (Ames, Rosemont) grounds compassionate extension in relational obligations, explaining Wang's core moral intuitions through social ontology rather than metaphysical monism.

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    Key Terms

    Ames, Rosemont(philosophers)
    Two contemporary philosophers (Robert Ames and Henry Rosemont Jr.) who are known for studying and explaining Confucian philosophy to Western audiences.
    Confucian role ethics(ethical framework)
    A moral approach based on the teachings of Confucius that says how we should act depends on our relationships and social roles—like being a good friend, child, or citizen—rather than following universal rules.
    Relational obligations(as used in ethics)
    Duties that exist because of a specific relationship between people, like loyalty to a friend or respect for a parent.
    Social ontology(as used in metaphysics and social philosophy)
    The philosophical study of what social things actually are—like whether society, groups, or institutions are real things that exist independently.

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    Wang(as the subject of the philosophical critique)
    A Chinese philosopher (Wang Yangming, 1472-1529) who argued that knowledge and action are fundamentally the same thing—if you truly know what's right, you'll automatically do it.
    compassionate extension(ethical concept)
    The idea of spreading kindness and care outward from the people closest to you to wider circles of people, starting with family and moving to strangers and society.
    metaphysical monism(metaphysics)
    A philosophical view that everything in the universe is ultimately made of one single substance or principle, rather than being separate things.
    moral intuitions(Metaethics discussion of intuitionism)
    Intellectual seemings — cognitive states in which certain moral propositions appear true to the subject

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