Chinese cosmology and recent studies in Confucian ethics

Scholars of early Chinese philosophy frequently point to the non transcende nt, organismic conception of the cosmos in early China as the source of Chi na's unique perspective and distinctive values. One would expect recent wor ks in Confucian ethics to capitalize on this idea. Reviewing recent works i n Confucian ethics by P. J. Ivanhoe, David Nivison, R. P. Peerenboom, Henry Rosemont, and Tu Wei-Ming, the author analyzes these new studies in terms of the extent to which their representation of Confucian ethics reflects an d is consistent with the view that in early China the cosmos was conceived to be organismic, nontranscendent, and nondualistic.