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Frontiers of Philosophy in China

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Front. Philos. China    2006, Vol. 1 Issue (3) : 401-417    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-006-0016-5
Separation of politics and morality: a commentary on Analects of Confucius
Dongfang Shuo1, Lin Hongcheng2
1.Philosophy Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; 2.Xunwu No. 2 Middle School, Xunwu 342200, China
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Abstract Confucians emphasizes and values morality, hence observers tended to regard moralities as politics so that the independent politics in the Confucian tradition has become implicit. Through a perusal of the Analects of Confucius, we can find that ethics and politics were separated from and independent of each other to Confucius, the primitive Confucian: he did not substitute ethics for politics.
Issue Date: 05 September 2006
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Dongfang Shuo,Lin Hongcheng. Separation of politics and morality: a commentary on Analects of Confucius[J]. Front. Philos. China, 2006, 1(3): 401-417.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fpc/EN/Y2006/V1/I3/401
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