A link running through many of the essays in this volume is between evolutionary biology and Chinese ethics. Donald Munro's focus is on what this development means, narrowly for the study of Confucian ethics, and broadly for Chinese contributions to any international discussion of moral topics.
The author of a trilogy of books on theories of human nature in pre-Qin, Southern Song, and modern China. Munro has focused on the relation of these theories to Chinese educational and social control practices. A former chair of the department of asian languages and cultures. He is professor emeritus of philosophy and of chinese at Michigan.
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