Behind Contrastive Identity Prioritizations: A Moral Reconciliation between Confucian and Utilitarian Ethics

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10.2991/sschd-17.2017.28How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Morality, ethics, Confucianism, utilitarianism, reconciliation, contrastive identities, prioritization.

Abstract

This paper is based upon some common facts of identity prioritizations. It aims to explain how observance of Confucian ethics leads to prioritizations of relational and family identities, and how observance of utilitarian ethics leads to prioritizations of independent and friend identities. The author looks into the two ethics, seeks the ethical grounds of the mentioned identity prioritizations, and discusses the different treatments moralities in Confucianism and Utilitarianism. Finally, this paper attempts to reconcile the Confucian and utilitarian treatments of moralities, and concluded with their reconcilability and irreconcilability in certain aspects.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xi-Yan Lyu
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TI  - Behind Contrastive Identity Prioritizations: A Moral Reconciliation between Confucian and Utilitarian Ethics
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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