Ethics and Agency in Classical Chinese Thought (Spring 2021)

Ethics and Agency in Classical Chinese Thought (Spring 2021)

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Instructor: Hagop Sarkissian

Email: hagop.sarkissian@baruch.cuny.edu (but contacting me through Teams' chat function is preferable)

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Class Times: 11:45a - 1:45p Thursdays

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BULLETIN DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED TEXTS
GRADING
SEMINAR FORMAT
VIDEO CONFERENCING ON MICROSOFT TEAMS

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Schedule and links to readings (subject to change; click on rows in the first column for readings)

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Calendar

Name
Dates
Notes
February 4, 2021

Intro to the course; reading tips; preparation for the Lunyu

February 11, 2021

Self-cultivation; ritual; propriety

February 18, 2021

Social roles, perspective-taking, and the ethical life

February 25, 2021

Admiration, exemplarism, and selfhood

March 4, 2021

Effortless action and social harmony

March 11, 2021

The grounds of morality; shaping moral behavior

March 18, 2021

The Mohists contra the Ru; the three gauges/standards (三表)

March 25, 2021

Concern for all, excluding none

April 1, 2021

April 8, 2021

Inclusive care and its demandingness

April 15, 2021

Transformation and skeptical questioning

May 6, 2021

Heaven and Man

April 22, 2021

Transformation and skeptical questioning (cont'd); skill and dao

April 29, 2021

Primitivism

May 13, 2021

Interpretations of the Zhuangzi

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