Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics

• Main Author: Chua, Jonathan Yi
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Philosophy; Confucian Ethics; Xunzi; Environmental Ethics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155968
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Xunzi’s philosophy provide a rich resource for understanding how ethical relationships between humans and nature can be articulated in terms of harmony. In this paper, I build on his ideas to develop the concept of reciprocal harmony, which requires us to reciprocate those who make our lives liveabl...