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1、TheEmotionofShameandtheVirtueofRighteousnessinMenciusBryanW.VanNorden~Innotisolatinaprivilegedconcq~tionofmoraluilt,andinladngunderabroaderconcepttonofsbamethesoa~Undp(ycho~ogtcalstructuresthatweren-eartowhatwecall'guilt,'theGreeks,onceagain,da'~layedreah'sm,andtruthfulness,andabeneficentn
2、eglect.(BernardWilliams,ShameandNecessity)Theshamefulnessofbeinwithoutasenseofshameisshamelessin-g~ed(Mendus)OfthefourcardinalvirtuesofthePlatonicandThomistictraditions(wis-dom,justice,courage,andmoderation),onlyonecorresponds,evenap-proximately,toanyofthefourcardinalMencianvirtues(benevol
3、ence,righteousness,propriety,andwisdom))Consequently,philosopherswhostudyvirtueshouldfindMenciusarichresource.Unfortunately,therearenotmanydetailedpublishedstudiesoftheMencianvirtues.Inthispaper,IwanttoexamineinsomedepthMencius'understandingofthevirtueofyi~,conventionallytranslatedas"right
4、eousness.'"In~I,IlaythebackgroundformydiscussionofrighteousnessbyoutliningtheMendanviewofself-cultivationandthevirtuesasawhole.In]II,Iexaminehowthevirtueof*ProfessorofPhilosophy,VassarCollege.E-mail:brvannorden@vassar.edu.Dao:AJournalofComparativePhilosophyDecember2002,Vol.II,No.1,pp.45-77
5、.92002byGlobalScholarlyPubficafions.IMendusistheLatinizationoftheChinesename"Mengzi~,"afourth-centuryB.C.E.Confucianphilosopher.HeisknowntodaylargelythroughabookknownsimplyastheMeng:ff.Althoughcourage~yong~)isnotacardinalvirtueforMencius,hedoesofferanintriguingdiscussionofit.SeeVanNorden1
6、997.ForavirtuebasedapproachtoConfucius,seeWilson.46Dao:AJournalofComparativePhilosophyrighteousnessisrelatedtothekeyMenciannotionof"extension."In~III,Idiscusstherelationshipbetweenrighteousnessandshame.Finally,in~IV,IbrieflydiscusssomeofthephilosophicalproblemsraisedbyMencianright-eousness
7、.I.OutlineofMencianVirtuesandSelf-CultivationInAfterVirtue,AlasdairMaclntyredescribesthepre-EnlightenmentWest-emethicalschemeasoneinwhich"thereisafundamentalcontrastbe-tweenman-as-he-happens-to-beandman-as-he-could-be-if-he-realized-his-essential-nature....The