2. Chinese Philosophy. Confucianism.
Based on ethics.
Key concepts:
1. Ritual – secular ceremonial behavior.
2. Relationships – duties arising from different status
one held in relation to others.
3. Filial piety (respect and obedience).
4. Loyalty.
5. Humanness (Golden Rule).
6. The perfect gentleman.
4. Chinese Philosophy. Legalism.
Largely ignoring morality or questions on how a
society ideally should function, they examined
contemporary government; emphasizing a realistic
consolidation of the wealth and power of autocrat
and state, with the goal of achieving increased order,
security and stability.
5. Chinese Philosophy. Taoism.
Taoism tends to emphasize various themes, such as
naturalness, spontaneity, simplicity, detachment from
desires, and most important of all, wu wei.
Tao and Te
Wu-wei
Naturalness
Three Treasures
11. Socrates
Socratic method - a form of cooperative
argumentative dialogue between individuals, based
on asking and answering questions to stimulate
critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying
presumptions.
“I know nothing except the fact of my
ignorance”.