Introduction (Alexus McLeod, University of Connecticut, USA) Part I: Historical Approaches 1. Confucian Role Ethics: Issues of Naming, Translation, and Interpretation, Sarah Mattice, University of North Florida, USA 2. From Patterning to Governing: A Constructivist Interpretation of the Xunzi, Kurtis Hagen, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA 3. Some Considerations in Defense of a Radical Reading of the Mohist Jian Ai, Alexus McLeod (University of Connecticut, USA 4. Ritual and Vulnerability of a Prosperous World: A Reading of the Liyun, Michael D. K. Ing, Indiana University, USA 5. Morality Without Moral Reasoning: The Case of Heshanggong, Misha Tadd, Peking University, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, China 6.

Nothingness and Selfhood in the Zhuangzi, David Chai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 7. Han Fei's Rule of Law and Its Limits, Alejandro Barcenas, Texas State University, USA Part Two: Comparative Approaches 8. Non-Impositional Rule in Confucius and Aristotle, Matthew D. Walker, Yale-NUS College, Singapore 9. Other People Die and That is the Problem, Amy Olberding, University of Oklahoma, USA 10. The Problem of Anxiety in the Zhuangzi , Indian, and Hellenistic Philosophy, Alexus McLeod, University of Connecticut, USA 11. Son of Heaven: Developing the Theological Aspects of Mengzi's Philosophy of the Ruler, Joshua Brown, University of Dayton, USA 12. Justifying Human Rights in Confucianism, May Sim, College of the Holy Cross, USA Annotated Bibliography in Early Chinese Ethics and Political Philosophy, Alexus McLeod, University of Connecticut, USA Index.