"Relates Chinese Realism to contemporary political and ethical challenges, for example in international relations and the morality of the public sector"--.

• Contents
• Introduction
  • How the Material Fits Together
  • Some Notes on the Texts and Languages
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
• Chapter 1: Daoist Realism: The Challenge to the School of Law in the Radical Lao-Zhuang Tradition and Its Lessons for Realist Theories of International Relations
  • Introduction
  • Sketch of the Realist Interpretation of the Daodejing
  • Lao-Zhuang Critique of Realism
  • Application of Lao-Zhuang Radical Critique to Realist Theories of International Relations
  • Notes
• Chapter 2: The Han Feizi and the Presidential Bubble
  • Introduction
  • Han Fei on Controlling Ministers
  • Some American History of Bureaucratization
  • The Iran-Contra Affair
  • The War in Iraq
  • Objections
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 3: Han Fei and Ethics in the Corporate Realm
  • Introduction
  • Behaving Well
  • Han Fei’s Critique
  • Rewards and Punishments
  • Corporate Actions
  • Final Remarks
  • Notes
• Chapter 4: Applying Han Fei’s Critique of Confucianism to Contemporary Confucian Meritocracy
  • Introduction
  • An Overview of Confucian Meritocracy
  • The Moral Cynic Argument
  • The Stump-Watcher Argument
  • The Skilled Persuader Argument
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 5: The Legal Vocation of Chinese Scholar-Officials: A Plan for Reform
  • Introduction
  • Formulating the Question
  • Confucianizing Law in Depth
    • Eliminating Self-exemptions
    • Relinquishing Total Control
    • Abjuring Manipulation by Incentives
    • Integrating Law and Virtue
    • Getting Relationships Right
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 6: Hegemony: China’s Foreign Policy through Han Feizian Lenses
  • Introduction
  • International Relations Theory and the Han Feizi
  • Self-Interest, Domestic Capabilities, and Hegemony
  • Concluding Remarks: Realism in the Han Feizi and in Contemporary China
  • Notes
• Chapter 7: Politics, Language, and Mind in Early Chinese Legalist Ideas: Focusing on the Comparison of Shen Buhai with Han Fei
  • Introduction
  • Han Fei’s Criticism of Shen Buhai
  • Politics and Language in Shen Buhai’s Ideas
  • Politics, Language, and Mind in Han Fei
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 8: Chinese Legalist Analysis of German Administrative Law— Tripolar Action Modes and Reconceptualized Rulership
  • Introduction
  • Tripolar Action Modes: Instruments of Power
    • Action Modes in Legalism: Fa, Shi, and Shu
    • Types of German Administrative Provisions
    • External Effects of Provisions
    • Publication Duty of Provisions
  • Reconceptualized Rulership: Power of Instruments
    • Rulership in Legalism: Procedural and Relative
    • Rulership in German Administrative Law
  • Modernized Research: Power and Instruments of Ancient Legalism
    • Against Legal Navel-gazing
    • Against Legal Eurocentrism and Orientalism
  • Notes
• Chapter 9: Han Fei’s Genealogical Arguments
  • Introduction
  • Epistemology in the Late Warring States Period
  • Taxonomy of Genealogical Arguments in the Han Feizi
    • Argument From Insensitivity
    • Argument From Explanatory Inertness
    • Argument From Coincidence
    • Argument From Probability on Evidence
    • The Master Argument From Unreliability
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
• Chapter 10: Amoral Desert? Han Fei’s Theory of Punishment
  • Introduction
  • Punishment and Justification
  • Desert without Moral Normativity
  • Conclusion: A Theory of Punishment
  • Notes
• Chapter 11: Ideal Interpretation of Political Texts
  • Introduction: Real and Ideal Interpretation
  • Ideal Authors
  • Varieties of Originalism
  • The Ideal Interpreter of the Constitution
  • Notes
• Appendix 1: Relating the Chapters of this Volume
• Appendix 2: Suggestions for Use in Class
• Contributors
• Index