1. Adams, Robert Merrihew. 2006. A theory of virtue: Excellence in being for the good. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Ames, Roger T. 2011. Confucian role ethics: A vocabulary. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. (A major statement of a relational, role-based approach to Confucian ethics.)
3. Ames, Roger T., and Henry Rosemont, Jr. (trans.). 1998. The Analects of Confucius: A philosophical translation. New York: Ballantine Books.
4. Ames, Roger T., and Henry Rosemont, Jr. 2011. Were the early Confucians virtuous? In Ethics in early China: An anthology, ed. Chris Fraser, Dan Robins, and Timothy O’Leary, 17–39. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (Succinct argument for the role-ethical approach to Confucian ethics, centering on distinguishing role ethics from alternatives.)
5. Angle, Stephen C. 2009. Sagehood: The contemporary significance of Neo-Confucian philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press. (An interpretation of Neo-Confucian philosophy that also engages in dialogue with Western virtue ethics.)