The 2nd Lecture of Global Justice: The conception of Yi in Mencius

The 2^nd Lecture of Global Justice

Organizer: Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai)，Sun Yat-sen University

Topic: The conception of Yi in Mencius

Speaker: Sor-Hoon TAN (Associate Professor, National University of Singapore)

Moderator: Jun-Hyeok KWAK (Professor, Sun Yat-sen University)

Time: Sept. 8th, 16:00pm

Venue: R106, No.13 Administrative Building of Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), SYSU

Abstract:

Together with ren and li, the notion of yi occupies a central position in early Confucian philosophy. It has been translated as “righteousness” and occasionally even “justice.” Mencius’ claim that there is no “yizhan” in the Spring and Autumn period, for example, has been read as a claim that there were no “just wars.” The topic of justice being so important in contemporary moral and political philosophy, has given rise to various discussions of Confucian conceptions of justice from comparative perspectives, for example comparisons with Rawls’s theory of justice. Are the early Confucians concerned with the same problems that preoccupy contemporary philosophers such as Rawls? Do early Confucian teachings offer similar or alternative solutions to those problems?

The 2^nd Lecture of Global Justice

主办：中山大学哲学系（珠海）

主题：孟子关于“义”的观念

主讲：Sor-Hoon TAN（新加坡国立大学副教授）

主持：郭峻赫Jun-Hyeok KWAK（中山大学教授）

时间：2017年9月8日下午16:00

地点：中山大学珠海校区海滨红楼13号哲学系（珠海）行政办公楼106

摘要：

义的观念，和仁、礼一道，在早期儒家思想中占据中心地位。人们将其翻译为“公正”（righteousness），有的时候甚至译为“正义”（justice）。例如，孟子认为在春秋时期没有“义战”，被认为是没有“正义的战争”的说法。正义这个在当代道德和政治哲学中如此重要的话题，促使人们从比较角度出发对儒家正义观念进行各种讨论，例如与罗尔斯正义理论的比较。早期的儒家思想与罗尔斯当代哲学家是否关注同样的问题呢？早期的儒家思想对于这些问题是否提供了类似或替代的解决方案？