CAN VIRTUE GROW OUT OF VICIOUS HUMAN NATURE? XUNZI'S GENEALOGY OF VIRTUE RECONSTRUCTED.

The article focuses on Xunzi's unique perspective among pre-Qin Confucians, emphasizing his claim that human nature is bad while endorsing the Confucian virtue of yi (義). Topics include the compatibility problem between bad human nature and virtue and the tension between the functional understanding of virtue and its intrinsic value in Xunzi's moral philosophy.