EAS100Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wang Bi, Taoism, Wu Wei
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Doing for nothing : one does what one ought to do, simply b/c it"s morally right to do it; value of doing things is in doing itself, not in the external results. Virtue ethics: excellence of abilities (wisdom as excellence of human intellect, ren as excellence of human feeling, bravery as excellence of human will) and harmonization of relationship (good relation with others by. Dao starts from human feeling which is born from human nature. Heaven mandate human nature human feeling dao humanity is born wihitn human being, whereas rightness is born from the way (interior ren vs exterior yi: way = the following of human nature. Xun zi (classical confucianism) human beings have ability to discern right from wrong: discernment , in discourse it is called. Argumentation , and good attitudes in argumentation by humane heart , learning heart , and impartial heart .
