Families of virtue : Confucian and Western views on childhood development / Erin M. Cline.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cline, Erin M.
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Confucian ethics.
Moral development > China > Philosophy.
Parent and child > China > Philosophy.
Filial piety > China > Philosophy.
Philosophy, Confucian.
Physical Description:xxii, 342 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • What did early Confucian philosophers think about parent-child relationships, early childhood, and moral cultivation?
  • Moral cultivation, filial piety, and the good society in classical Confucian philosophy
  • Infants, children, and early Confucian moral cultivation
  • How are early Confucian views of parent-child relationships, early childhood, and moral cultivation distinctive, compared with views in the history of Western philosophy?
  • Parents, children, and moral cultivation in traditional Western philosophy
  • Feminist and Confucian perspectives on parents, children, and moral cultivation
  • Why do Confucian views of the relationship between parent-child relationships, early childhood, and moral cultivation warrant serious consideration, and what can they contribute to our understanding of these areas?
  • Early childhood development and evidence-based approaches to parents, children, and moral cultivation
  • The humanities at work: Confucian resources for social and policy change.