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A third generation philosopher in the interpretative line founded by Confucius , Mencius’ thoughts on the subject of ethics extended further into political domains than did the Master’s. This is seen, for example, in the emphasis that he gave to the significance of a government structure based on an ethic of “humaneness” 仁 (ren), which signifies the central Confucian concept of moral conduct in its original and primary sense.
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Chen, L. (2017). Virtue Ethics in the Philosophy of Mencius. In: Yao, X. (eds) Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4000-9_2
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