Climate change and the ecological intelligence of Confucius

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Confucius is conventionally regarded as the founder of secular humanism and as a philosopher concerned about humans and culture. I would add to this that Confucius should also be read as an environmental philosopher. One reason is the pedagogical dimension in Confucianism, which points to Confucius as an environmental educator - not the least of which since much of environmental education relies on common sense and an enlightened collective self-interest. Another reason is an aspect I call ‘ecological intelligence’, which is a key feature of ancient Confucianism and a signpost for the civil evolution that the mitigation of climate change demands from global civilization today.View full textDownload full textKeywordsclimate ethics, civil evolution, Confucius, Doctrine of the Mean (Zhong Yong), Book of Changes (Yi Jing)Related var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2011.590278