Families of Virtue (eBook)

Erin M. Cline is associate professor of comparative ethics in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University, where she teaches Chinese and comparative philosophy and religion. She is also the author of Confucius, Rawls, and the Sense of Justice.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. What Did Early Confucian Philosophers Think About Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation?1. Moral Cultivation, Filial Piety, and the Good Society in Classical Confucian Philosophy2. Infants, Children, and Early Confucian Moral CultivationII. How Are Early Confucian Views of Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation Distinctive, Compared with Views in the History of Western Philosophy?3. Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation in Traditional Western Philosophy4. Feminist and Confucian Perspectives on Parents, Children, and Moral CultivationIII. Why Do Confucian Views of the Relationship Between Parent-Child Relationships, Early Childhood, and Moral Cultivation Warrant Serious Consideration, and What Can They Contribute to Our Understanding of These Areas?5. Early Childhood Development and Evidence-Based Approaches to Parents, Children, and Moral Cultivation6. The Humanities at Work: Confucian Resources for Social and Policy ChangeConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex