POL200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Good Citizen, Moral Authority
28 Apr 2014
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The family : the root of virtue, suggests that if social relationship are right, in confucius, that is a sufficient condition for virtue. 3: a round of symbolic affirmation for broader social ends. Legalism: strong arm of the law: taoism (taoest) approach, a model for behaviour in society at large, the requirements of a practice of virtue in the family, requirements of virtue in context of family: There is no strong need for the just or strong individual to empathise with others. In contrast, confucius views empathy as an essential role in making a virtuous human: household and family are political. Dont do to other that you don"t want done to yourself : good citizen is a gentleman in any sort of regime (book 2 section 21, the good citizen as the gentleman (chun-tzu, an ideal: the sage. Indignity: take duties seriously, the limits of citizenship, stay within the function you"ve been allotted.
