The problem of unifying moral intention and action in the Mencius

• Main Author: Liang, Yuhan
• Other Authors: Winnie Sung
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Philosophy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69111
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis mainly explores the problem of how to unify one’s moral intention with one’s actions from Mencius’s perspective. A common approach is the knowledge−motivation model, which assumes that an action is the adjunction of correct moral knowledge and motivation. This model usually directs our a...