How Should We Treat Animals? A Confucian Reflection

Contrary to the views proposed by modern animal rights scholars, this essay reconstructs the Confucian argument for the moral defensibility of the Confucian ritual use of animals by providing an expository analysis of classical Confucian literature. The argument is developed by focusing on the issue...

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Published in:Dao : a journal of comparative philosophy 2010-03, Vol.9 (1), p.79-96
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Philosophy of Religion
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