On October 28th, Aaron Stalnaker spoke at Valparaiso University on “Dependence and Autonomy in Early Confucianism.” In the talk he explained how Confucian accounts of the good society center on role relations, personal development, and individual and communal flourishing. But is there room for personal autonomy in this sort of vision? Stalnaker argued that there is, contra some authoritarian and anti-individualist readings of the tradition.
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