PHI 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Philosophy, Analects, Communication
16 Feb 2018
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Confucius was an influential chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction. Analects, focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction, and setting educational standards. His social philosophy was based primarily on the principle of "ren" or. He believed that ren could be put into action using the golden rule, "what you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others. " Lunyu means selected sayings that occure within a conversation or a dialogue. The abalects consists of 20 books or sections (has a lage number of brief passenges, some only a sentence or two in length) The forces at work that determine us: The ignorant of the way, the way of the sages. We do not live in a world that is morally perfect. Moral exemplar : such as, follow examples to be a good person : gentlemen & master.
