Giving priority to the worst off: A confucian perspective on social welfare

Confucianism for the Modern World

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 236-254

  Chan, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84928929205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511509964.012     Document Type: Chapter

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6. Lau Siu-kai, Society and Politics of Hong Kong(Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1983).
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11. Theodore de Bary, Asian Values and Human Rights, Ch. 5, and Chang Yun-Shik’s chapter in this volume, “Mutual Help and Democracy in Korea.”
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