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Are We Born Good? The Confucian Mencius's Idea of Human Nature

  • Community Room, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library 21 Library Lane Williston, VT 05495 USA (map)
 

Sin yee Chan

In this sometimes heartbreaking world, do we ever wonder what human nature really is? In the talk, I will examine the views of a Confucian, Mencius (372-289 BCE), on human nature. He thinks that we are born innately good!

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