搜尋結果
After the publication of Martha Nussbaum’s essay “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism” (Nussbaum 1994), Confucian scholars, whether explicitly or implicitly, have engaged with Nussbaum’s ideas and focused on defining the characteristics of a Confucian cosmopolitan and how they can be cultivated.
First, a civilized state is a humane (the Confucian concept of ren仁) state in the sense that it takes care of the broad interests of the people (its own people first and other people second). Second, a civilized state should never use force to solve a conflict with another civilized state, because this violates the principle of humaneness, which would make the state not civilized any more.
