MANG, Fan-lun, Franz

Assistant Professor

B.A. (CUHK), M.Phil. (HKU), D.Phil. (Oxford)
Rm
39437153
flmang@cuhk.edu.hk

Brief Biography

My research interests lie mainly in social and political philosophy, ethics, and comparative political theory. I received my D.Phil. (i.e., Ph.D.) in political philosophy from Oxford University in 2017, where I studied at St Antony’s College as a Swire Scholar on a fully-funded scholarship (thanks to the Swire Educational Trust). I obtained my B.A. in philosophy and M.Phil. in politics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong respectively.

Many of my publications can be found at “PhilPeople“. Besides research, I am interested in movies, literature, singing, and catching up with friends.

Research Interests

  1. Social and Political Philosophy
  2. Comparative Philosophy
  3. Ethics

Selected Publications

Mang, Franz (forthcoming). ‘Perfectionism, Political Justification, and Confucianism’. In James Dominic Rooney and Patrick Zoll (Eds.), Freedom and the Good: Beyond Classical Liberalism, Routledge.

Mang, Franz and Chan, Joseph (2022). ‘Perfectionism’. In William R. Thompson (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press.

Mang, Franz (2021). ‘State Perfectionism and the Importance of Confucianism for East Asia’s Future Development’. Philosophical Forum, 52 (1): 5-16.

Mang, Franz (2020). ‘Political Meritocracy and Its Betrayal’. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 46 (9): 1113-1126.

Chan, Joseph and Mang, Franz (2020). ‘Is Popular Sovereignty a Useful Myth?’ In Melissa S. Williams (Ed.), Deparochializing Political Theory, Cambridge University Press, 149-173.

Mang, Franz (2019). ‘Why Public Reason Could Not Be Too Modest: The Case of Public Reason Confucianism’. Journal of Social Philosophy 50 (2): 163-176.

Mang, Franz (2018). ‘Confucianism, Perfectionism, and Liberal Society’. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 17 (1): 29-49.

Mang, Franz (2017). ‘Public Reason Can Be Reasonably Rejected’. Social Theory and Practice, 43 (2): 343-367.

Mang, Franz (2013). ‘Liberal Neutrality and Moderate Perfectionism’. Res Publica: A Journal of Moral, Legal, and Social Philosophy, 19 (4): 297-315. (The winner of the 8th Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize, awarded by The Association for Social and Political Philosophy [ASPP] as the best essay in political philosophy, moral philosophy, and applied ethics submitted to the competition.)