For abstracts of most of these publications, check out my PhilPapers.org page
Books
Author
Well-Being as an Object of Moral Concern: Dai Zhen on Ethics and Welfare (forthcoming)
Neo-Confucianism: A Philosophical Introduction, with Stephen C. Angle (Polity, 2017)
Editor
Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2023).
Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, with Bryan W. Van Norden (Hackett, 2014).
Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi, with T.C. Kline III (SUNY Press, 2014).
Confucian Philosophy: Innovations and Transformations, with Chung-ying Cheng, supplement to the Journal of
Chinese Philosophy 38s, December 2011.
Series Editor (Oxford Chinese Thought)
Explaining and Illustrating the Laozi: A Translation and Analysis of the Earliest Commentaries on the Daodejing,
translated and edited by Eric L. Hutton and Eirik Lang Harris (to be published in 2021-2022)
The Daodejing Commentary of Cheng Xuanying: A Buddhist Reading of the Laozi, translated by
Friederike Assandri (to be published in September 2021)
Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith, translated by John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham, and
Mark Strange (September 2019)
Zhu Xi: Selected Writings, edited by Philip J. Ivanhoe (contributing translator, July 2019)
Articles
“‘Getting It Oneself’ (Zide 自得) as an Alternative to Testimonial Knowledge and Deference to Tradition,” Oxford Studies in
Epistemology 7, Tamar Szabó Gendler, John Hawthorne, and Julianne Chung, eds. (March, 2023).
(Penultimate version with Chinese text included.)
“Coming to Terms with Wang Yangming's Strong Ethical Nativism: On Wang’s Claim That ‘Establishing Sincerity’ (Licheng
立誠) Can Help Us Fully Grasp Everything That Matters Ethically,” Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture 39
(February 2023).
“Confucian Constitutionalism without Remedies,” Philosophy East and West 72.2, April 2022.
“Philosophical Systematicity and Its Implications for Confucian and Comparative Philosophy,” Journal of Confucian
Philosophy and Culture, 37, February 2022.
“Shared Ends: Kant and Dai Zhen on the Ethical Value of Mutually Fulfilling Relationships,” Journal of Confucian
Philosophy and Culture, 33, February 2020.
“Zhu Xi on Self-Focused vs. Other-Focused Empathy,” Dao Companion to Zhu Xi's Philosophy, Kai-chiu Ng and Yong
Huang, eds. (Springer, 2020).
“Moral Psychology: Heartmind (Xin), Nature (Xing), and Emotions (Qing),” with Stephen C. Angle, Dao Companion
to Zhu Xi's Philosophy, Kai-chiu Ng and Yong Huang, eds. (Springer, 2020).
“On the View that People and Not Institutions Bear Primary Credit for Success in Governance,” Journal of
Confucian Philosophy and Culture 32 (August 2019).
“Joy as a Moral Motive: A Response to Yong Huang's Why Be Moral?" in Philosophy East and West 69.1, January 2019.
“Zhu Xi’s Critique of Buddhism: Selfishness, Salvation, and Self-Cultivation,” The Buddhist Roots of Zhu Xi's
Philosophical Thought, John Makeham, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).
“Two Notions of Empathy and Oneness,” The Oneness Hypothesis: Beyond the Boundary of Self, Philip J. Ivanhoe,
Owen Flanagan, Victoria Harrison, Eric Schwitzgebel, and Hagop Sarkissian, eds. (Columbia University Press, 2018).
“Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism,” Oxford Handbook of Virtue, Nancy Snow, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).
“Punishment and Autonomous Shame in Confucian Thought,” Criminal Justice Ethics 36.1, April 2017.
“Xunzi Among the Chinese Neo-Confucians,” Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi, Eric Hutton, ed. (Springer,
2016).
To be republished with modifications as 唐以降儒學視野中的荀子 (forthcoming in 2023).
“Well-Being and Daoism,” Routledge Handbook of Well-Being, Guy Fletcher, ed. (Routledge, 2015).
“Does Zhu Xi Distinguish Prudence from Morality?” Dao 12.3, September 2013.
“Confucian Rights as a ‘Fallback Apparatus’” “作为‘备用机制’的儒家权利,” Liang Tao 梁涛 and Kuang Zhao 匡钊, trans.,
Academic Monthly 学术月刊, 45.11 (November 2013).
Republished in Virtue and Rights 美德与权利, Liang Tao 梁涛, ed. (中国社会科学出版社, 2016).
“Xunzi on Moral Expertise” Dao 11.3, September 2012.
“Confucianism and Human Rights,” Routledge Handbook of Human Rights, Thomas Cushman, ed. (Routledge,
2011).
“Dai Zhen’s Defense of Self-Interest,” Confucian Philosophy, supplement to the Journal of Chinese Philosophy 38s,
December 2011.
“Sympathy and Perspective-Taking in Confucian Ethics,” Philosophy Compass 6.10, October 2011.
“Confucianism and Virtue Ethics: Still a Fledgling in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy,” Comparative Philosophy
1.2, Summer 2010.
“Dai Zhen on Human Nature and Moral Cultivation,” Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy, John Makeham,
ed. (Springer, 2010).
Republished with modifications as 戴震论人性与道德修养, Tang Yanfei 汤雁斐 trans., in Chinese Confucian Studies
中国儒学 vol. 10, Wang Zhongjiang 王中江 and Li Cunshan 李存山, eds. (中国社会科学出版社, 2015).
“Is Sympathy Naïve? Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being,” Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously:
Contemporary Theories and Applications, Philip J. Ivanhoe, Julia Tao, and Yu Kam Por, eds. (SUNY, 2010).
“Dai Zhen on Sympathetic Concern,” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 37.1, March 2010.
“A Right of Rebellion in the Mengzi?”, Dao 7.3, Fall 2008, winner of Dao 2008 Best Essay Award.
Translations
Zhu Xi, "Politics and Government," in Zhu Xi: Selected Writings, Philip J. Ivanhoe, ed. (Oxford University
Press, 2019).
Dai Zhen’s Evidential Study (selections), in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van
Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Zhang Zai’s “Western Inscription,” with Bryan Van Norden, in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin
Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Zhou Dunyi’s “Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate,” with Bryan Van Norden in Readings in Later
Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Huiyuan’s “On Why Buddhist Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings,” in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy,
Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Huang Zongxi’s “On Law,” in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds.
(Hackett, 2014).
Li Dazhao’s “Women’s Liberation and Democracy,” in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and
Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Encyclopedia Entries
“Song-Ming Confucianism," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, March 2020.
“Dai Zhen,” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, June 2006, revised 2009.
Book Reviews
Review of Stephen C. Angle, Sagehood: The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian Philosophy
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) in Dao, 10.2 (June 2011).
“Reply to Stephen Angle” in Dao, 10.2 (June 2011).
Review of Bai Tongdong 白彤東, A New Mission for an Old State: Classical Confucian Political Philosophy in a
Contemporary and Comparative Context 舊邦新命:古今中西參照下的古典儒家政治哲學 (Beijing University
Press, 2009) in Philosophy East and West, 61.3 (July 2011).
Review of Philip J. Ivanhoe, Readings from the Lu-Wang School of Neo-Confucianism (Hackett, 2009), in Notre
Dame Philosophical Reviews (September 2009).
Review of Daniel Bell, Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context (Princeton
University Press, 2006), in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (January 2007).
Newsletter Articles
“A Case for Chinese Philosophy,” APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and
Philosophies, Amy Olberding, ed., 8.1 (Fall 2008).
Articles for General Audiences
“On Chinese Philosophy,” interview with Richard Marshall of 3:16am, May 2022.
“In Defence of Hierarchy,” with Stephen C. Angle, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Julian Baggini, Daniel Bell, Nicolas
Berggruen, Mark Bevir, Joseph Chan, Carlos Fraenkel, Stephen Macedo, Michael Puett, Jiang Qian, Mathias
Risse, Carlin Romano, and Robin Wang, Aeon, March 22, 2017.
Works in Progress
”Meritocracy and Tests of Virtue in Greek and Confucian Political Thought” (with Jeremy Reid)
”Confucian Arguments for and against Pervasive Moral Deference”
Presentations
Books
Author
Well-Being as an Object of Moral Concern: Dai Zhen on Ethics and Welfare (forthcoming)
Neo-Confucianism: A Philosophical Introduction, with Stephen C. Angle (Polity, 2017)
Editor
Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2023).
Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, with Bryan W. Van Norden (Hackett, 2014).
Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi, with T.C. Kline III (SUNY Press, 2014).
Confucian Philosophy: Innovations and Transformations, with Chung-ying Cheng, supplement to the Journal of
Chinese Philosophy 38s, December 2011.
Series Editor (Oxford Chinese Thought)
Explaining and Illustrating the Laozi: A Translation and Analysis of the Earliest Commentaries on the Daodejing,
translated and edited by Eric L. Hutton and Eirik Lang Harris (to be published in 2021-2022)
The Daodejing Commentary of Cheng Xuanying: A Buddhist Reading of the Laozi, translated by
Friederike Assandri (to be published in September 2021)
Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith, translated by John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham, and
Mark Strange (September 2019)
Zhu Xi: Selected Writings, edited by Philip J. Ivanhoe (contributing translator, July 2019)
Articles
“‘Getting It Oneself’ (Zide 自得) as an Alternative to Testimonial Knowledge and Deference to Tradition,” Oxford Studies in
Epistemology 7, Tamar Szabó Gendler, John Hawthorne, and Julianne Chung, eds. (March, 2023).
(Penultimate version with Chinese text included.)
“Coming to Terms with Wang Yangming's Strong Ethical Nativism: On Wang’s Claim That ‘Establishing Sincerity’ (Licheng
立誠) Can Help Us Fully Grasp Everything That Matters Ethically,” Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture 39
(February 2023).
“Confucian Constitutionalism without Remedies,” Philosophy East and West 72.2, April 2022.
“Philosophical Systematicity and Its Implications for Confucian and Comparative Philosophy,” Journal of Confucian
Philosophy and Culture, 37, February 2022.
“Shared Ends: Kant and Dai Zhen on the Ethical Value of Mutually Fulfilling Relationships,” Journal of Confucian
Philosophy and Culture, 33, February 2020.
“Zhu Xi on Self-Focused vs. Other-Focused Empathy,” Dao Companion to Zhu Xi's Philosophy, Kai-chiu Ng and Yong
Huang, eds. (Springer, 2020).
“Moral Psychology: Heartmind (Xin), Nature (Xing), and Emotions (Qing),” with Stephen C. Angle, Dao Companion
to Zhu Xi's Philosophy, Kai-chiu Ng and Yong Huang, eds. (Springer, 2020).
“On the View that People and Not Institutions Bear Primary Credit for Success in Governance,” Journal of
Confucian Philosophy and Culture 32 (August 2019).
“Joy as a Moral Motive: A Response to Yong Huang's Why Be Moral?" in Philosophy East and West 69.1, January 2019.
“Zhu Xi’s Critique of Buddhism: Selfishness, Salvation, and Self-Cultivation,” The Buddhist Roots of Zhu Xi's
Philosophical Thought, John Makeham, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).
“Two Notions of Empathy and Oneness,” The Oneness Hypothesis: Beyond the Boundary of Self, Philip J. Ivanhoe,
Owen Flanagan, Victoria Harrison, Eric Schwitzgebel, and Hagop Sarkissian, eds. (Columbia University Press, 2018).
“Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism,” Oxford Handbook of Virtue, Nancy Snow, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).
“Punishment and Autonomous Shame in Confucian Thought,” Criminal Justice Ethics 36.1, April 2017.
“Xunzi Among the Chinese Neo-Confucians,” Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi, Eric Hutton, ed. (Springer,
2016).
To be republished with modifications as 唐以降儒學視野中的荀子 (forthcoming in 2023).
“Well-Being and Daoism,” Routledge Handbook of Well-Being, Guy Fletcher, ed. (Routledge, 2015).
“Does Zhu Xi Distinguish Prudence from Morality?” Dao 12.3, September 2013.
“Confucian Rights as a ‘Fallback Apparatus’” “作为‘备用机制’的儒家权利,” Liang Tao 梁涛 and Kuang Zhao 匡钊, trans.,
Academic Monthly 学术月刊, 45.11 (November 2013).
Republished in Virtue and Rights 美德与权利, Liang Tao 梁涛, ed. (中国社会科学出版社, 2016).
“Xunzi on Moral Expertise” Dao 11.3, September 2012.
“Confucianism and Human Rights,” Routledge Handbook of Human Rights, Thomas Cushman, ed. (Routledge,
2011).
“Dai Zhen’s Defense of Self-Interest,” Confucian Philosophy, supplement to the Journal of Chinese Philosophy 38s,
December 2011.
“Sympathy and Perspective-Taking in Confucian Ethics,” Philosophy Compass 6.10, October 2011.
“Confucianism and Virtue Ethics: Still a Fledgling in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy,” Comparative Philosophy
1.2, Summer 2010.
“Dai Zhen on Human Nature and Moral Cultivation,” Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy, John Makeham,
ed. (Springer, 2010).
Republished with modifications as 戴震论人性与道德修养, Tang Yanfei 汤雁斐 trans., in Chinese Confucian Studies
中国儒学 vol. 10, Wang Zhongjiang 王中江 and Li Cunshan 李存山, eds. (中国社会科学出版社, 2015).
“Is Sympathy Naïve? Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being,” Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously:
Contemporary Theories and Applications, Philip J. Ivanhoe, Julia Tao, and Yu Kam Por, eds. (SUNY, 2010).
“Dai Zhen on Sympathetic Concern,” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 37.1, March 2010.
“A Right of Rebellion in the Mengzi?”, Dao 7.3, Fall 2008, winner of Dao 2008 Best Essay Award.
Translations
Zhu Xi, "Politics and Government," in Zhu Xi: Selected Writings, Philip J. Ivanhoe, ed. (Oxford University
Press, 2019).
Dai Zhen’s Evidential Study (selections), in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van
Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Zhang Zai’s “Western Inscription,” with Bryan Van Norden, in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin
Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Zhou Dunyi’s “Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate,” with Bryan Van Norden in Readings in Later
Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Huiyuan’s “On Why Buddhist Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings,” in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy,
Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Huang Zongxi’s “On Law,” in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds.
(Hackett, 2014).
Li Dazhao’s “Women’s Liberation and Democracy,” in Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, Justin Tiwald and
Bryan Van Norden, eds. (Hackett, 2014).
Encyclopedia Entries
“Song-Ming Confucianism," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, March 2020.
“Dai Zhen,” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, June 2006, revised 2009.
Book Reviews
Review of Stephen C. Angle, Sagehood: The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian Philosophy
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) in Dao, 10.2 (June 2011).
“Reply to Stephen Angle” in Dao, 10.2 (June 2011).
Review of Bai Tongdong 白彤東, A New Mission for an Old State: Classical Confucian Political Philosophy in a
Contemporary and Comparative Context 舊邦新命:古今中西參照下的古典儒家政治哲學 (Beijing University
Press, 2009) in Philosophy East and West, 61.3 (July 2011).
Review of Philip J. Ivanhoe, Readings from the Lu-Wang School of Neo-Confucianism (Hackett, 2009), in Notre
Dame Philosophical Reviews (September 2009).
Review of Daniel Bell, Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context (Princeton
University Press, 2006), in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (January 2007).
Newsletter Articles
“A Case for Chinese Philosophy,” APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and
Philosophies, Amy Olberding, ed., 8.1 (Fall 2008).
Articles for General Audiences
“On Chinese Philosophy,” interview with Richard Marshall of 3:16am, May 2022.
“In Defence of Hierarchy,” with Stephen C. Angle, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Julian Baggini, Daniel Bell, Nicolas
Berggruen, Mark Bevir, Joseph Chan, Carlos Fraenkel, Stephen Macedo, Michael Puett, Jiang Qian, Mathias
Risse, Carlin Romano, and Robin Wang, Aeon, March 22, 2017.
Works in Progress
”Meritocracy and Tests of Virtue in Greek and Confucian Political Thought” (with Jeremy Reid)
”Confucian Arguments for and against Pervasive Moral Deference”
Presentations
- “Confucianism and the Power to Claim One's Rights," The Aristotle-Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st century, Athens and Thessaloniki, July 2023.
- “Meritocracy and Tests of Virtue in Greek and Confucian Political Thought," with Jeremy Reid, Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, April 2023.
- “The Confucian Debate on Virtue Politics," Comparative Philosophy Workshop, Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus) 中山大學珠海校區, March 2023.
- “Moral Deference and Moral Expertise in Confucian Philosophy,” Philosophy Department, Lingnan University, February 2023.
- “Meritocracy and Tests of Virtue in Greek and Confucian Political Thought," with Jeremy Reid, International Conference on Confucianism and Meritocracy, The Center for the Contemporary Study of East Asian Classics and Critical Confucianism (CCECC), Sungkyunkwan University, February 2023.
- “‘Getting it Oneself’ (Zide 自得) as an Alternative to Testimonial Knowledge and Deference to Tradition,” Philosophy Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學, December 2022.
- “Moral Deference in Confucian Philosophy,” with Jeremy Reid, Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Vancouver, April 2022.
- “On Wang Yangming‘s Claim that ‘Establishing Sincerity’ (Licheng 立誠) Can Help Us Fully Grasp Everything that Matters Ethically,” Conference on Wang Yangming and Ming Thought, Princeton University, March 2022.
- “Confucian Constitutionalism without Remedies,“ Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy, City University of Hong Kong, December 2020.
- “Concerns about the 'Fallback Apparatus' Framework for Confucian Rights,” Workshop on Human Rights and Comparative Political Theory, Wesleyan University, February 2020.
- “Moral Deference and 'Getting It Oneself' in Confucian Thought,” Center for Human Values, Princeton University, February 2020.
- “Confucian Arguments for and against Pervasive Moral Deference,” Princeton Workshop in Normative Philosophy, Princeton University, November 2019.
- “Moral Expertise: Confucian Philosophers on Deference and Deliberative Autonomy,” The Richard Holstein Lecture in Ethics, Washington College, October 2019.
- “On the View that People and Not Institutions Bear Primary Credit for Success in Governance,” Faculty Colloquium, Washington College, October 2019.
- “Autonomy, Deference, and ‘Getting it Oneself’ (Zide 自得),” Columbia Comparative Philosophy Seminar, Columbia University, September 2019.
- “Dai Zhen on Morality, Relationships, and Shared Ends,” International Conference on Confucianism, Buddhism, and Kantian Moral Theory, Sungkyun Institute for Confucian Studies and East Asian Philosophy, Seoul, South Korea, September 2019.
- “On the Neo-Confucian Claim that People and Not Laws Bear Credit for Success in Governance,” Fifth Annual North American Korean Philosophy Association Meeting, Stanford University, October 2018 (keynote).
- “A Confucian Response to Welfarism,” Happiness and Well-Being Project, Capstone Conference, St. Louis University, May 2018.
- “The Confucian Challenge to Scanlon’s Contractualism,” with Brad Cokelet, Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy, Rutgers University, April 2018.
- “Character-Centered Theories of Governance in Confucian Political Thought,” Workshop on the Legacy Of Liu Xiaobo, The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Helsinki University, January 2018.
- “Dai Zhen on Relationships of Mutual Fulfillment,” “Confucianism — Joy along the Way” Workshop, Rutgers University, November 2017.
- “Zhu Xi's Writings on Politics and Governance,” translation workshop for Zhu Xi: Selected Writings, University of Utah, October 2017.
- “Dai Zhen's More Metaethical Objections to Neo-Confucianism,” Bay Area Conference on Chinese Thought, University of California, Davis, October 2017.
- “Well-Being as an Object of Moral Concern: A Confucian Approach,” Happiness and Well-Being Project, Midpoint Workshop, St. Louis University, June 2017.
- “Oneness and Other-Focused Empathy in Neo-Confucian Ethics,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division meeting, April 2017.
- “Moral Virtue and the Promotion of Human Welfare: A Confucian Approach,” Duke University Center for Comparative Philosophy, April 2017.
- “Comments on Owen Flanagan’s The Geography of Morals,” Third Annual North American Korean Philosophy Association Meeting, University of San Francisco, November 2016.
- “Punishment and Autonomous Shame in Confucian Thought,” The Theory and Practice of Punishment East and West, Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy, City University of Hong Kong, August 2016.
- “The Importance (or Lack Thereof) of Local Ties in Neo-Confucian Character-centered Theories of Governance,” 11th East-West Philosophers’ Conference, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, May 2016.
- “Dai Zhen on Benevolence and Shared Interests: an Alternative Conception of Oneness in Ethics,” International Conference on Oneness in Philosophy and Psychology, City University of Hong Kong, May 2016.
- “Institutional vs. Character-Centered Theories of Governance” [in Neo-Confucian Political Thought], American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division meeting, March-April 2016.
- Response to Huang Yong’s Why Be Moral? American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division meeting, March-April 2016.
- “Xunzi on Moral Expertise,” Berggruen Center for the Study of Philosophy and Culture, Stanford University, March 2016.
- “Zhu Xi’s Critique of Buddhism: Selfishness, Salvation, and Self-Cultivation,” Workshop on the Buddhist Roots of Neo-Confucianism, Hawai'i, December 2015.
- “Neo-Confucian Politics: Loyalty, Law and Institutionalism,” Political Theory and Theorizing East and West, City University of Hong Kong, February 2015.
- “The Cheng-Zhu Critique of Buddhists,” Workshop on the Buddhist Roots of Neo-Confucianism, Australian National University, December 2014.
- “Varieties of Knowing in Neo-Confucianism,” Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought, Central Connecticut State University, November 2014.
- “Neo-Confucians on Emotions and the Heartmind,” Workshop on Neo-Confucianism: A Philosophical Introduction, San Francisco, March 2014.
- “Neo-Confucian Criticisms of Buddhism,” Workshop on the Buddhist Roots of Neo-Confucianism, Hawaii, December 2013.
- “The Relationship between Imperatives and Natural Tendencies in Neo-Confucianism,” The Inaugural Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy, Rutgers University, April 2013.
- “Rights in Confucian Societies: The Liberal Model vs. the Family Model of Social Coordination,” Fudan University, Shanghai, November 2012.
- “Xunzi and His Critics on the Priority of Moral Character over Institutions,” City University of Hong Kong, November 2012.
- “Reading Dai Zhen,” City University of Hong Kong, November 2012.
- “Chinese Philosophy and Contemporary Analytic Philosophy,” Conference on Philosophy in a Multicultural Context, University of California Santa Cruz, October 2012.
- “Does Zhu Xi Distinguish Prudence from Morality?” Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Minneapolis, April 2011.
- “On Treating Political Authorities as Moral Experts: Deliberative Autonomy from a Confucian Point of View,” Confucian and Liberal Perspectives on Family, State, and Civil Society, City University of Hong Kong, December 2010.
- “Dai Zhen on Sympathy, Moral Judgment, and Moral ‘Patterns’ (li 理),” International Conference on Confucianism and Virtue Ethics, Peking University, Beijing, May 2010.
- “The Confucian Stance on the Practice of Rights Claiming,” UC-Santa Cruz Philosophy Colloquia Series, Santa Cruz, April 2010.
- “A Right of Rebellion in the Mengzi?” and “Responses to Critics,” Author-meets-critics panel in honor of the 2008 Dao Best Essay Award, with comments from Bai Tongdong, Chad Flanders, and A.P. Martinich. Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, New York, December 2009.
- “New Directions in Confucian Philosophy,” Bay Area Comparative Philosophy Conference at the Center for Comparative Philosophy, San Jose, April 2009.
- “Self-Love, Sympathy, and Virtue: Dai Zhen’s Defense of Self-Interest,” APA Mini-Conference on Neo-Confucian Moral Psychology, Vancouver, April 2009.
- “Neo-Confucian Life Fulfillment and the Moral Considerability of Animals,” Confucian Virtues at Work: A Conference on Chinese Philosophy and Virtue Ethics, University of Oregon, March 2008.
- “A Euthyphro Problem in Neo-Confucian Welfare Theory,” Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Baltimore, December 2007.
- “Rights and Remedies in Confucian Political Thought,” Conference of the Association for Political Theory, University of Western Ontario, London, October 2007.
- “Entitlements, Duties, and ‘Rights’ in the Mengzi,” Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, University of Utah, September 2007.
- “Confucian ‘Rights’ without Confucian Remedies,” Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Pacific Grove (CA), June 2007.
- “Virtue Ethics, Neo-Confucianism, and the Problem of Moralizing the Human Good,” Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 2007.
- “Dai Zhen’s Defense of Self-Interest,” Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, April 2007.
- “The Neo-Confucian Appeal to Heaven,” West Coast Chinese Philosophy Workshop, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, November 2006.
- “Moral Deliberation and the Sympathetic Point of View in the Ethics of Dai Zhen,” Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Chicago, May 2006.
- “How the Confucian Moral Order is ‘Bound Together’: Dai Zhen’s Reading of Analects 4.15 and 15.3,” Rethinking Traditional China Workshop, University of Chicago, March 2006.
- “Shu 恕 as a Way of Valuing Others: Dai Zhen on Sympathetic Motives,” Conference on Neo-Confucianism at the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, February 2006.
- “Dai Zhen on the Informed Desire Theory of Well-being: The Neo-Confucian Turn,” International Society for Chinese Philosophy Conference, University of New South Wales, July 2005.
- “Dai Zhen on the Need for a Theory of Moral Deliberation,” Early Modern East Asia Workshop, University of Chicago, January 2005.
- “Dai Zhen’s Theory of Moral Reasoning” (戴震的道德推理論), Departmental Lecture (in Chinese) for the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University, March 2003.