The Confucian Gentleman and the Limits of Ethical Change

Wong, Benjamin; Loy, Hui-Chieh

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“…Elsewhere, he expresses doubts as to whether Heaven has abandoned him and his mission (9.9, 11.9), and is subject to mocking by his contemporaries (3.18, 14.32). The issue of his disciples' failures has received comparatively little scholarly attention, but is given excellent treatment in Wong and Loy (2001).…”

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14. Confucius and the Superorganism

Sarkissian¹

2018

The Oneness Hypothesis

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Seeing ourselves as part of a superorganism allows us to understand our actions, choices, and experiences in a new light. If we are affected by our embeddedness in social networks and influenced by others who are closely or distantly tied to us, we necessarily lose some power over our own decisions. Such a loss of control can provoke especially strong reactions when people discover that their neighbors or even strangers can influence behaviors and outcomes that have moral overtones and social repercussions. But the flip side of this realization is that people can transcend themselves and their own limitations.-Christakis and Fowler 2009 H ow does one acquire a sense of oneness? An obvious answer is through religion or religious texts. One might read of the notion of Brahman in the Vedanta school of Hinduism-pure consciousness or bliss-which is the unified and singular true nature of reality, of which we are but temporary manifestations (apparent but not real). Hence we are all ultimately one, though temporarily we are not. Or one might read of neo-Confucians thinkers claiming that every creature, every single specimen under the stars, forms one body with every other (). Of course, such notions are quite distant from where I now sit in my office in

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