Aristotle and Xunzi on Shame, Moral Education, and the Good Life

Jingyi Jenny Zhao is ISF Academy Senior Research Fellow at the Needham Research Institute and Needham Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. Her research takes a cross-cultural comparative perspective on the ancient Greek and early Chinese philosophical traditions. She is co-editor and contributor of Ancient Greece and China Compared, and was interviewed for the BBC documentary Story of China.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction
1. Aristotle and Xunzi - Their Times, Texts, and Audiences
2. Mapping the Vocabulary of 'Shame'
3. Human Nature and the Social Basis for Communities
4. Shame and the Path to Moral Goodness
5. Social Institutions and the Politics of Moral Education

Epilogue