RELG 244 - Ethics in Early China

FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
This course provides an introduction to the early development of Chinese moral thought, from the oracle bone divination of the Shang Dynasty to the religious, ethical, and political theories of classical Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism, through the unification of China in 221 BCE. We will concentrate on early debates over human nature, the best practices of self-cultivation, the general nature of the cosmos and the human role in it, and the proper ordering of society.