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Confucian Skepticism about Workplace Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Alan Strudler
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Confucian scholars express skepticism about rights. This skepticism is relevant to managers who face issues about the recognition of workplace rights in a Confucian culture. My essay examines the foundations of this skepticism, and the cogency of potential leading Western liberal responses to it. I conclude that Confucian skepticism is more formidable than liberals have recognized. I attempt to craft an argument that defuses Confucian skepticism about workplace rights while at the same time respecting the moral depth of Confucianism.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 2008, pp. 67 - 83
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2008

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