The Concept of Filial Piety in East Asian Confucian Culture from the Perspective of Gadamer and Habermas

• Main Author: Kim, Donghyun
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Confucianism; Confucian East Asian culture; critical reflection; filial piety; Gadamer; Habermas; tradition
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss33/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1795/viewcontent/KK_2033_2C_202019_2C_20_26_2034_2C_202020_203_20Regular_20Section_20__20Kim.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper examines the role of filial piety in East Asian Confucian societies as a means of drawing out political implications by showing two different standpoints elaborated by Gadamer and Habermas. The two thinkers seem to display different outlooks on the notion of filial piety in the East Asian...