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1、Dao(2010)9:275–287DOI10.1007/s11712-010-9174-1VirtueEthicsandConfucianEthicsCHENLaiPublishedonline:21July2010#SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2010AbstractThisessayfocusesontheunityofseveralvirtuesinpre-QinConfucians.Confuciusmaintainstheproperapplicationandcohe
2、renceofsuchvirtuesasbenevolence,wisdom,trustworthiness,straightforwardness,courage,andfirmness.Further,Confuciustakesbenevolenceandnobilityascharacteristicofhumanbeing.Particularattentionispaidtothedistinctionandrelationshipbetweenvirtuouscharactersandvirtuousac
3、tions.KeywordVirtueethics.Confucius.Virtuouscharacters.VirtuousactionsTherehasbeenasignificantdevelopmentofvirtueethicsinrecentdecades.ThefollowingdiscussionfirstconsidersthepossiblelightthatvirtueethicsmightshedonthestudyofancientConfucianethicsandexaminestheCo
4、nfuciantheoryofvirtuefromtheperspectiveofvirtueethics;secondly,alimitedcomparativediscussionbetweenConfuciusLunyu(Analects)andAristotle’sNicomacheanEthicswillbemade,withtheformerasrepresentativeoftheConfuciantheoryofvirtueandthelatterasrepresentativeofGreekphilo
5、sophy.1VirtuousConduct(Dexing德行)Confuciussaid,“Supremeindeedisthemeanasamoralvirtue.Ithasbeenrareamongthecommonpeopleforquitealongtime”(Analects6.29).Thewordde德canbedefinedhereasbothavirtuousconductandvirtuouscharacter.Dexing德行(virtuousconduct)istheperfectionofm
6、oralstandardsofbehavior,whiledexing德性(virtuouscharacteror,simply,virtue)referstothequalityandcharacterbehindthebehavior.However,withintraditionalancientChineseculture,theworddeincorporatesbothmeanings.Itsactualmeaningcanonlybedeterminedinthecontextoftheactualtex
7、t.Generallyspeaking,duringthetimeofCHENLai(*)DepartmentofPhilosophy,TsinghuaUniversity,Beijing,China100084e-mail:chenlai@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn276CHENLaitheWesternZhouDynasty,withinthetextsoftheSpringandAutumnPeriod,dereferstovirtuousconductandbehavior.Here,theAna
8、lectspresentsadirectexample:TheMastersaid,“NoneofthosewhowerewithmeinChenandCaievergotasfarasmydoor.”Virtuousconduct:YANYuan,MINZiqian,RANBoniu,andZhonggong;speech:Za
