I am a professor at School of Philosophy of Wuhan University.

My academic work is primarily in moral and political philosophy.

I am the Book Review Editor for Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy.

I am an associate Editor for Journal of Social and Political Philosophy.

I am the Co-Editor of Routledge Studies in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy book series.

Education:

Ph.D, Philosophy, Saint Louis University, (2007-2012) (Defended June, 2012) (Title: Moral Partiality, Committee: Eleonore Stump (supervisor), John Greco, and Dan Haybron.

Visiting Student, Philosophy, Calvin College, (2006-2007)

B.A, and M.A, Philosophy, Wuhan University, (2000-2006)

Email:

liyonginwuhan at hotmail dot com

liyong13 at whu dot edu dot com

Here are my Chinese Publications.

Books in English:

Research Monographs

(2) Confucian Comparative Political Philosophy, Routledge, 2025.

(1) Moral Partiality, Routledge, 2022.

Translations

(3) Contemporary New Confucianism II, Routledge, 2023. (Translation)

(2) Contemporary New Confucianism I, Routledge, 2023. (Translation)

(1) Between Deontology and Justice: Chinese and Western Perspectives, Routledge, 2020. (Translation)

Selected Paper Publications in English:

(12) "Tianxia: Between Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism", Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, Feb 2025.

(11) "Confucian Democratic Constitutionalism", Contemporary Political Theory, 2024.

(10) "Confucian Philosophy of Family", Asian Philosophy, 2022

(9) "Recent Developments in Confucianism in Mainland China", Contemporary Confucian Philosophy, Springer, 2021. 

(8) "Confucianism and the Foundation of Human Rights", in Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Social Justice, Springer, 2020, pp.19-32

(7) "Moral Plurality, Moral Relativism and Accommodation", Asian Philosophy, Vol. 29, Issue 4, 2019.

(6) "Moral Ambivalence: Relativism or Pluralism?", Acta Analytica: International Periodical for Philosophy in the Analytical Tradition, 2019. June. 

(5) "Virtues and Human Dignity", International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 59, Issue 2, 2019, pp.175-192. 

(4) "Adaptationism and Early Confucian Moral Psychology", Asian Philosophy, Vol. 25, No. 1, March 2015, pp.99-111.

(3) "The Confucian Puzzle", Asian Philosophy, Vol. 22, No. 1, April 2012, pp. 37-50.

(2) “Evolution, Care and Partiality”, Asian Philosophy, Vol. 21, No. 3, August 2011, pp. 241-249.

(1) “The Divine Command Theory of Mozi”, Asian Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 3, November 2006, pp. 237–245.

Book Reviews

(7) Confucian Relationism and Global Ethics: Alternative Models of Ethics and Axiology in Times of Global Crises, (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023), Chinese Studies International, Volume 28, 2024, pp.1-4.

(6) Understanding Confucian Ethics, (Shanghai: Dongfang Chuanban Zhongxin, 2020), Wong, Wai Ying, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2023, pp. 345-349.

(5）Review of Virtues and Rights, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol.16, No.3, 2017. pp.457-460.

(4）Review of Challenges to Moral and Religious Belief, Religious Studies Review, Vol.42, No. 4, 2016, pp.271-272.

(3) Review of Politics and Persons, (Beijing: Zhongguo Zhengfadaxue Chubanshe, 2012), Hao, Changchi, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 12 No.3, 2013, pp.407-410.

(2) Review of Partiality and Impartiality: Morality, Special Relationships, and The Wider World, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), edited by Brian Feltham and John Cottingham, Journal of Moral Philosophy，Vol.10, No. 2, 2013, pp. 247-250.

(1) Review of Confucian Relationalism, (Taibei: Xinli Chubanshe, 2009), Hwang, Kwang-Kuo, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy Vol.12 No.1, 2013，pp.121-4.