Speaker: Xingzhong Yu, Chair Prpfessor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau

Time: 12:15-13:30 p.m., December 12, 2023, GMT+8

Venue: STL Building, Room 207 & Zoom Meeting ID: 885 9827 1676 (Passcode: 671037)

Abstract: 

Using one or more systems of norms to positively maintain order but another system of norms to negatively punish disorder is a characteristic, if not unique, Chinese experience. This can be described as normative dualism. This dualist practice has been proven to have a long-lasting life, originating more than three thousand years ago. Normative dualism continues to influence the Chinese normative system today. This talk discusses this perennial feature of the Chinese normative system by examining its phenomenological attributes which separates “Li” from “Xing” and its more profound philosophical foundation of dialecticism that distinguishes Yin from Yang, positive from negative and morality from punishment.

Source: School of Transnational Law, PKU