Preface 1. The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many Ultimacy and Value Value in Form Ethics 2. Contemporary Confucian Cosmopolitanism Introduction Decision-Making Engaging Others Attaining Wholeness Identity and Value Religion and Ontological Piety Conclusion 3. Systematic Metaphysics and the Problem of Value Systematic Metaphysics and Scientific Reductionism Metaphysics and Our Civilization A Contemporary Confucian Theory of Value 4. New Projects for Chinese Philosophy Creative First-Order Issues Re-sorting the Canon Global Portability Cosmogony Cosmology Ritual Studies Ritual and Culture Ritual and Politics 5. Philosophy's Fight between Engagement and Distance: A Confucian Resolution Philosophy and the Axial Age Philosophy as Distance Philosophy as Engagement Philosophy in the Academy Confucians in the Academy: Scholar-Officials Philosophical Cultivation 6. William Ernest Hocking: The First Boston Confucian Hocking as a Boston Confucian Zhu Xi, Science, and World Philosophy Zhu Xi's Metaphysics Zhu Xi and Buddhism Compared Zhu Xi's Lessons for Hocking Hocking and Pragmatism 7. Cheng Chung-ying as a Constructive Philosopher Cheng's Contemporary Sources Speculative Interpretation Interpretation of Classic Texts System Philosophic Truth over Interpretation Cheng's Challenges 8. Wu Kuang-ming as One of Three Stooges One of Three Stooges Wu's Daoism Confucian Scotism Comparison: Daoism and Confucianism 9. Spiritual Foundations of Chinese Culture Introduction An Ecological Model of Religion Religion and Spirituality Defined Chinese Culture Intact Chinese Culture Not Intact 10. Selfhood and Value: Pragmatism, Confucianism, and Phenomenology Experiential Frames and Phenomenology Interactive Experience and Ritual: The Western Contribution of Confucianism The Self 11. Individuation and Ritual Ritual and Xunzi Individuation Otherness Ritual Abuse 12. Authority in Social Institutions, Accountability, and Credibility Sincerity in Authority Communitarianism versus Individualism Perceived Credibility and Sincerity Conditions for Credibility 13. Confucianism and Toleration What Is Confucianism? Toleration, In-groups, and Out-groups Toleration and Narrative Toleration and Personal Respect Toleration and Harmony: The Ethical Metaphysics of Principle Some Confucian Morals of Toleration 14. Confucian Humaneness across Social Barriers "Love with Distinctions" Ritual Theory Humaneness, Ritual, and Otherness 15. Confucianism and the Feminist Revolution: Ritual Definition and the Social Construction of Gender Roles Introduction Nature, Society, and Persons Ritual Gender Roles and Rituals Observations on Transformation Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
