Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy - Norden, Bryan van (Vassar College, New York)

In this book, Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side.