CONSIDERATIONS FOR A CONFUCIAN ECOLOGICAL HUMANISM.

Confucian doctrines; Si shu; Humanism; Wu jing; Analects of Confucius (Chinese text); Confucianism; Confucian philosophy

The article focuses on Confucian ecological humanism. The author's thesis is based on the methodological assumption that the Analects of Confucius should be interpreted within the greater context of the Four Books, Five Classics, Xunzi, and works of Neo-Confucian literati. It is argued that the Analects can be consistently modeled as an environmental ethics of weak anthropocentrism so long as it is read according to two provisos.