Confucianism and the Good Life with Stephen Angle

What is Confucianism? How could Confucianism help us grow moral? Stephen Angle is a professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University. He specializes in Chinese Philosophy, Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, and comparative philosophy. He is the author of a fantastic little green book called Growing Moral: A Confucian Guide to life. It is insightful, friendly, accessible, and hits the sweet spot of 230 engaging pages. He is the co-creator with a few other professors at Wesleyan of an excellent website on philosophy with an abundance of resources called https://livingagoodlife.com.

 

See here for a teaching worksheet for this episode at my website

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Additional books he recommends are:

Understanding the Analects of Confucius  by Peimin Ni

Confucianism in China by Tony Swain

The Wrong of Rudeness by Amy Olberding