Title:   Three Approaches to "Human Nature" and Implications for Government

 

Speaker:   Dr. Howard Spendelow

 

Topic/Issues:  

  1. Practical efficiency of Legalism
  2. Morality, benevolence, and hierarchy in Confucianism (as interpreted by Mencius)
  3. Escapism of Daoism

 

Resources:

  1. Confucianism
  2. Daoism
  3. Term sheet: China's Intellectual Heritage

Goals:

  1. [tbd]