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Wong, D, Growing Virtue: The Theory and Science of Developing Compassion from a Mencian Perspective, in The Philosophical Challenge from China, edited by Bruya, B (2015), pp. 23-58, MIT Press .
(last updated on 2026/01/16)
Abstract:
This paper is a development of earlier attempts of mine to interpret what conception of the moral development of natural compassion is contained in the Mencius. I bring crucial features of this conception into dialogue with contemporary science on the development of empathy.

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			Papers Published Wong, D, Growing Virtue: The Theory and Science of Developing Compassion from a Mencian Perspective, in The Philosophical Challenge from China, edited by Bruya, B (2015), pp. 23-58, MIT Press . (last updated on 2026/01/16) Abstract: This paper is a development of earlier attempts of mine to interpret what conception of the moral development of natural compassion is contained in the Mencius. I bring crucial features of this conception into dialogue with contemporary science on the development of empathy.