. In 2005, we argued that pragmatism and pluralism are inconsistent. The argument proceeds from pragmatic elucidations of both pragmatism and pluralism. First, we argued that although pragmatism comes in different flavors, it is always a combination of the commitments to conceptual clarification and
1 Introduction Although pluralism is considered by many contemporary Confucian political theorists as an emerging phenomenon in East Asia, its meaning and practical scope are often taken for granted, which can lead to problematic implications regarding the relationship between Confucianism