" (Confucius, The Analects p.63 2, 2.5). Confucius had also taught, that filial piety was one of the two threads that held his whole teaching together. It could be said to symbolize the inner and outer, the yin and yang dimensions of human conduct. A Continue Reading...
The more important someone's rank in society was, the bigger the obligations became and thus, the responsibility increased. Mesopotamia was a region between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates where the swing of world's first civilization emerged. Continue Reading...
This method of presentation attracted several immediate attacks from enemies within the church even before a reaction from the Chinese. Sometime after 1610, one critic, Father Longobardo, said that even with all the references to that of a supreme Continue Reading...
Confucianism Questions and AnswerConfucianism holds that man\\\'s predicament is to maintain their original human goodness that is eroded with an individual\\\'s effort or contact with an evil environment. Some of the qualities that are held inherent Continue Reading...
lying and deceit and questions its acceptability in society. Lying is something which stands at a different perspective for everyone. Every form of lying is because an individual is trying to gain or achieve something, most of people's actions are m Continue Reading...
.. The superior man is broad and fair; the inferior man takes sides and is petty... A superior man shapes the good in man; he does not shape the bad in him. It is said that a disciple once asked Confucius to define the conduct of one's entire life w Continue Reading...
When Neo-Confucianism arrived in Japan in the 16th century, it built on the pre-existing ideas of Confucianism that had already been imported into the island centuries earlier (Tsutsui 104). As far back as the 5th century, the Japanese had mixed with Continue Reading...
. The Dao is the source of all power which embodies all beings and encompasses both the yin and the yang. Remarkable quiet and serene, the Dao is rarely detected by humans, but provides invulnerability to those who posses it. Dao philosophy calls for Continue Reading...
Introduction: Overview of the Relevant Facts One of the problems of criminal justice today is the challenge of systemic racism that has been leveled by critics such as Angela Davis (2012) and numerous others. The charge is that the criminal justice s Continue Reading...
.....Zhu Xi understood daotong ( "transmission of the dao" or Confucian orthodoxy). What texts, in sequence, were to be studied? Keeping in mind the context in which he wrote, accept, qualify or refute his position. Central to the evolutio Continue Reading...
Lao-Tzu's concept of Tao Te Ching The Lao-Tzu's concept of Tao Te Ching is fundamental to leadership and management in various societies of the world. Lao Tzu exemplifies various responses and characteristics that should be dominant in every leade Continue Reading...
Should Canada reinstate the death penalty for planned and premeditated murder What is your position and why Why are people punished for their crimes? What is the driving idea behind punitive sentencing in criminal justice? Is life behind bars somehow Continue Reading...
Too often in history, Spence continues, the Chinese Muslim communities and their role in the rebel armies that helped topple the Ming dynasty, have been "slighted." On pages 170-172, essayist Morris Rossabi writes that Muslim leader Li Tzu-ch'eng an Continue Reading...
Writers accused of composing subversive works were jailed, exiled, or executed" and thus silenced (Pamintuan, 2003). Such puritanical attitudes on the part of the leadership seemed to be embraced by the common people. For example, a woman's virtue Continue Reading...
Morality in America Morals are defined as a set of principles of right action and behavior for the individual. The traditional morals of any given society are the set of moral principles by which the majority of its members have lived over a long ti Continue Reading...
The report also shows that some changes must be made in order to make student financial assistance more affordable, by reducing loan interest rates for example. Denis Herard also stated for the Edmonton Journal reporters: "We're on track to impleme Continue Reading...
China and the World Trade Organization On December 11, 2001, China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), opening the country's doors to change and a new economy. One year after china's entry into the WTO, the country rep Continue Reading...
