TY - BOOK AU - Chan,Joseph Cho Wai TI - Confucian perfectionism: a political philosophy for modern times T2 - The Princeton-China series SN - 9781400848690 (ebook) : AV - JA84.C6 C468 2017 U1 - 320.01 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Political science KW - China KW - Philosophy KW - Confucianism KW - Philosophy, Chinese N1 - Previously issued in print: 2013; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - This title examines and reconstructs both Confucian political thought and liberal democratic institutions, blending them to form a new Confucian political philosophy. Chan decouples liberal democratic institutions from their popular liberal philosophical foundations in fundamental moral rights, such as popular sovereignty, political equality, and individual sovereignty UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691158617.001.0001 ER -