Li Zehou’s argument for “harmony higher than justice” includes, as Lambert notices, a cross-cultural dialogue. Yet it also demonstrates Li’s uniqueness and appeal to reach “beyond comparison.” While Lambert discusses the notion of harmony against the background of Western thinkers and ideas Li interacts with, Wang Keping looks at how “harmony higher than justice” is part of what Li refers to as the “‘application of Chinese learning’ and impact of ‘the substance of Western learning’.” Wang begins by noting the hierarchy between justice and harmony, moves on to look at three distinct forms of harmony, and finally considers Li’s claim in light of another famous aspect of his thought, namely the idea of “Chinese religious morality”—which is heavily rooted in emotions, guanxi-ism (“relationalism”), proper measure, and an “affective view of the cosmos.” Wang concludes by noting that Li “resorts to emotion and faith so as to adjust cold reasoning, legal rigidity, rampant individualism, and over-calculated utilitarianism that underlie [contemporary conceptions of] ethics.”

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The Assumption of Harmony Higher Than Justice

  • Wang Keping

摘要

Li Zehou’s argument for “harmony higher than justice” includes, as Lambert notices, a cross-cultural dialogue. Yet it also demonstrates Li’s uniqueness and appeal to reach “beyond comparison.” While Lambert discusses the notion of harmony against the background of Western thinkers and ideas Li interacts with, Wang Keping looks at how “harmony higher than justice” is part of what Li refers to as the “‘application of Chinese learning’ and impact of ‘the substance of Western learning’.” Wang begins by noting the hierarchy between justice and harmony, moves on to look at three distinct forms of harmony, and finally considers Li’s claim in light of another famous aspect of his thought, namely the idea of “Chinese religious morality”—which is heavily rooted in emotions, guanxi-ism (“relationalism”), proper measure, and an “affective view of the cosmos.” Wang concludes by noting that Li “resorts to emotion and faith so as to adjust cold reasoning, legal rigidity, rampant individualism, and over-calculated utilitarianism that underlie [contemporary conceptions of] ethics.”