PHIL 001 Lecture Notes - Scare Quotes, Cheeseburger, Analects
6 May 2013
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Zigong said the master"s cultural brilliance is something that is readily heard about, whereas. The master said, by nature people are similar; they diverge as a result of practice. The analects say very little about moral education (how to live the good life) and human nature. 5:13 one does not get to hear the master expounding upon the subjects of human nature or the dao of heaven. One"s conception of human nature determines how one theorizes about how to live and how conventions cultivate (or shape) our lives. So, in the lectures on mengzi, we will investigate how he understands human nature and how that understanding influences his view of the good life. Different through social rules and how we actually live (a) mengzi"s view of human nature: innately moral (b) the moral sprouts metaphor (c) the role of li and reflection and extension. Mengzi offers an interpretation of what a divergence will be.
