A Comparison Between Confucius and Mencius Ethics
Jianhua Wang
Abstract
Jianhua Wang
Abstract
Both Confucius Mencius had paid enough attention to the study and dispute of ethic problems.They both shared similarities and differences in origin of moral study,ideal morality and personality and its cultivation.It is universally acknowledged that Confucius theory provided a good prototype of Mencius moral system and Mencius point of view had also greatly riched and developed Confucius treasury,whose dissimilarities just show the evolution and advancement of the Confucian School.
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Both Confucius Mencius had paid enough attention to the study and dispute of ethic problems.They both shared similarities and differences in origin of moral study,ideal morality and personality and its cultivation.It is universally acknowledged that Confucius theory provided a good prototype of Mencius moral system and Mencius point of view had also greatly riched and developed Confucius treasury,whose dissimilarities just show the evolution and advancement of the Confucian School.
Key concepts: Morality, Ideal (ethics), Treasury, Epistemology, Personality, Point (geometry), Philosophy, Sociology