The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
In the current crisis of liberal democracy, Confucianism has been cited as offering superior alternativemodels of government. With the resources from Dewey’s Pragmatism, this paper defends democracy, whichshould not be equated to de facto liberal democracies, as desirable for Confucian societies. It...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2022
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| Summary: | In the current crisis of liberal democracy, Confucianism has been cited as offering superior alternativemodels of government. With the resources from Dewey’s Pragmatism, this paper defends democracy, whichshould not be equated to de facto liberal democracies, as desirable for Confucian societies. It examines theaffinities between Confucian and Dewey’s conception of the person and community and argues for anunderstanding of democratic values that brings together Dewey’s democratic values and Confucian ideals ofpersonal cultivation and virtuous governance. |
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