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A Wary Embrace of Democracy: Workshop on Confucian Perfectionism: A Political Philosophy for Modern Times by Joseph Chan
Joseph Chan's bold new book brings the spirit of Confucian ideals to contemporary problems of governance, decoupling liberal democratic institutions from their popular philosophical foundations and regrounding them in Confucian principles. This symposium addresses the strengths and costs of this integration, by exploring the concept of Confucian perfectionism, the importance of individual moral progress for political philosophy, the question of human rights, the role of the family and right to education, the notion of the person and character development of citizens and political leaders, and the role of personal autonomy.
The Introduction chapter of the book can be accessed here: http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i10152.pdf
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Schedule: |
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| 900-915 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 915-1015 | Session 1: Jiwei CI — Confucian Perfectionism as Confucian Liberal Democracy |
| 1015-1115 | Session 2: Sungmoon KIM — The Service Conception of Political Right and Democracy: A Critique |
| 1115-1130 | Break |
| 1130-1230 | Session 3: Stephen ANGLE — Can Confucians Justify Limited Government? |
| 1230-1345 | Lunch (by invitation) |
| 1345-1445 | Session 4: David WONG — Institutional Structures and Idealism of Character |
| 1445-1545 | Session 5: Roger AMES — Joseph Chan: On How to Construct a Confucian Democracy for Modern Times |
| 1545-1600 | Break |
| 1600-1700 | Session 6: LI Chenyang — Education as a Confucian Human Right |
| 1700-1800 | Session 7: Yvonne CHIU — Democracy without Autonomy: Moral and Political |
| 1800-1815 | Conclusion |
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| Roger AMES - University of Hawai'i Stephen ANGLE - Wesleyan University Joseph CHAN - The University of Hong Kong Yvonne CHIU - The University of Hong Kong CI Jiwei - The University of Hong Kong Sungmoon KIM - City University of Hong Kong LI Chenyang - Nanyang Technological University David WONG - Duke University | ||
| Date: | 15 May, 2015 Friday | |
| Time: | 9.00 - 18.15 | |
| Venue: | Academic Conference Room, Faculty of Arts, Room 436, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU | |
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| Enquiries: | psdhku@hku.hk |