Situated within the framework of Confucian family-oriented ethics, this book explores the issue of familial partiality and specifically discusses whether it is morally praiseworthy to love one's family partially.

Yong Li is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of School of Philosophy at Wuhan University, China. He works primarily in ethics and political philosophy with focuses on Confucian ethics and comparative political philosophy. He serves as the co-editor for the book series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy.

1. Introduction 2. The Confucian Puzzle 3. Evolutionary Arguments for Partiality 4. Evolutionary Explanation of Partiality 5. Care and Partiality 6. Love and Partiality