Advantages Of Confucianism In Society

Even though, when Confucianism puts the family above the king, or hierarchy; it can create some problems; I believe Confucianism to be the best way to organize society because Confucianism is not a religion but a system of beliefs, and Confucius and his teachings continue to exert a deep influence on society even today.
The idea of constructing normative guidelines for individual behavior for the purposes of social order and stability, are quite universal during the ‘classical’ period in Greece, India, and China. These guidelines, based on religious beliefs or moral philosophy, embody common elements but also important differences. Week Six – The Classical Age in India p.4 & 5). Successful, stabile societies are progressive societies; such

Those who practiced Jainism were known to carry brooms to sweep the path in front of them and filter their water. They practiced self-control to attain moksha or liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Moksha depends upon each person’s karma and purity. These beliefs reinforced the caste system. Jains hold that this world is full of miseries and hence in order to attain lasting bliss one must transcend; otherwise, one will remain eternally caught up in the never-ending cycle of reincarnation. A happy or miserable existence is influenced by actions in previous births. Karma has long been an essential component of Jainism, and other Indian religions such as Buddhism, and

It is Human Nature, which separates one from another; the mainly intellectual, those mainly endowed with muscular and temperamental strength, and those who are distinguished neither for the one nor for the other, the mediocre third class. The first group contains select individuals, and the last, the great majority. Plato believed people to be like ‘sheep’. In other words, people are easily swayed or deceived by their senses; people followed what they believe and not what they can know through reason. (Week Five (2) – A Tales of Two Poleis: Athens & Sparta p.8) Plato believed the Soul consists of three parts, Rational, Spirited, and Desires or the appetites. The rational seeks knowledge and wisdom; the spirted quests for honor, the appetites for pleasure. Philosophers are those who pursue knowledge; they are dominated by the rational. Warriors pursue glory and honor; they are dominated by the spirited. Workers do what is necessary to fulfill the desires and appetites that their souls are dominated by. In his society an individual needed all three parts to work together in proper balance and moderation. Philosophers rule with the help and support of the warriors and producers do the work while their desires are moderated by the guardians. Rationality and reason are in control with assistance of the spirit; balance and moderation with the assistance of