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Youngsun Back

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Youngsun Back is an associate professor in the College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University. Back specializes in East Asian philosophy. Her publications include: “Confucian Virtue Politics,” “Who should Ascend the Throne?,” “Rethinking Mozi’s Jian’ai,” and “Are Animals Moral?” She is also co-editor of Traditional Korean Philosophy: Problems and Debates (2016).

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