Research Explorer

Project

Ethical pragmatism: an investigation into the traditional Chinese morality within the complexity of present-day Chinese society
Acronym
Ethisch pragmatisme
Code
01J12808
Duration
01 January 2008 → 31 December 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Theory and methodology of philosophy
    • Philosophy
    • Ethics
    • Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified
  • Social sciences
    • Social psychology
    • Social change
Keywords
china pragmatism confucianism ethics
 
Project description
 

The tradtional Chinese pragmatic ethics is dominated by Confucianism. This project is an investigation into the way in which this ethical pragmatism is concretised in the present-day Chinese society. Focus of this research is the so-called "hutuxue", the "study how to pretend not to know", a very popular form of pragmatism in present-day China.