@article {Murthy:1 March 2000:0955-2367:33,
	author = "Murthy V.",
	title = "The Democratic Potential of Confucian Minben Thought",
	journal = "Asian Philosophy",
	volume = "10",
	year = "1 March 2000",
	abstract = "In this paper I argue that although the Confucian idea of <I>'minben'</I> is not synonymous with democracy, some its tenets are conducive to the promotion of a regime in which citizens are politically and economically empowered. In particular, I focus on the way that Confucius, Mencius and Jia Yi stress that government should meet the basic needs of its people. Material well-being is an important precondition of democracy that is often overlooked in contemporary discussions of Chinese government, which usually focus on negative rights or the authoritarian state.",
	pages = "33-47(15)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/casp/2000/00000010/00000001/art00003"
}