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