The Importance Of Filial Piety Han Y. When people are asked who gave the most favors to them‚ it must be their parents; without the parents‚ they could not be fed when they were young and also they would not be able to even exist now. However‚ in now days‚ the older the parents get‚ the more negligent the children get. As a result‚ those being treated negligently parents are sometimes isolated from their children and even from society. Moreover‚ there must be no children who want their parents to
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Crystal Green Dram 105 Dr. Rodda October 7‚ 2010 Sophocles’ Antigone Sophocles’ Antigone brings to life the underlying culture flaws in the Greek city-states by showing how the idea of filial piety and divine law undermine each other and were used as a means to justify the ends. Athenian citizens enjoyed a wide range of powers of self-governance: citizens elected military leaders and held judicial authority. Every male citizen enjoyed these rights. Women were not considered citizens; they were
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themselves to eventual improvement and make the development of character and virtue possible. The reflection of one’s self is being personally benevolent. To be socially benevolent is to be benevolent with family and friends‚ such as following the filial piety. To be politically benevolent is to make one worthy of governing a nation. A man who is unsuccessful at being benevolent is unworthy. Confucius states‚ “Wealth and rank attained through immoral means have as much to do with me as passing clouds
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According to Analects‚ what is the basis of good government? According to Analects‚ good government should follow some basic principles to ensure its success and rulers should have certain qualities in order to win the love‚ loyalty and support of their subjects. Hence the true meaning of good government should be concerned with establishing a strong rapport between those who rule and those who are being ruled to improve society. The improvement of society cannot happen if the ruler
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proper gentleman should act. According to Confucius‚ the four ideal virtues of a gentleman were filial piety‚ sincerity‚ propriety and benevolence. Confucius considered Filial Piety a foundational principle of his philosophy. It’s a prime virtue in the sense that‚ from the Confucian point of view‚ it’s the starting point of virtue. Humaneness is the ultimate goal‚ but it starts with filial piety. Filial piety focuses on sons giving appropriate respect to their parents‚ and in doing so‚ supporting the
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book one. Under section 1.2 where the Master states “A young person who is filial and respectful of his elders rarely becomes the kind of person who is inclined to defy his superiors‚ and there has never been a case of one who is disinclined to defy his superiors stirring up rebellion. The gentleman applies himself to the roots. ‘Once the roots are firmly established‚ the way will grow’. Might we not say that filial piety and respect for elders constitute the root of goodness?” I believe this section
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Euthyphro to think and question his definition. With each question Euthyphro must explain and further divulge his definition but again Socrates questions his definitions. And with his last definition he has still not given Socrates a clear definition of piety or holiness is. Socrates debates that what is holy to one god may not be holy to another and this is true. What my definition of holy or pious may not be the same for another person. While Euthyphro does give a definition of what pious and holy is
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of the most famous Socratic discussions because of the meaning set behind the actions. This discussion is focused on what is the piety or the holiness asked by Socrates to Euthyphro. Socrates appoints Euthyphro to help him understand what piety is as he admits he does not know‚ in order to help with his case against him. They argue about Euthyphro’s answer that piety is what the Gods love and impiety is the opposite. Socrates then questions which is dear because they love or they love because
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teaches him the meaning of piety‚ when Socrates finds out that Euthyphro is persecuting his father for being impious. Euthyphro offers four definitions for what piety is‚ all of which are analyzed by Socrates‚ and then turned down by him in turn. The pious is to prosecute the wrongdoer and to not persecute is impious. This is the first definition that Euthyphro offers to Socrates as a definition of piety. Although Socrates says this is a definition of what piety is‚ he says that it is inadequate
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Introduction a. We can observe through Plato’s various works that he has some difficulty in defining universals; like justice‚ piety‚ etc. b. In an attempt to provide a definition for intangible universals‚ Plato constructs a theory of forms to show that the sensible world of particulars are mere imitations of the real world where forms reside‚ independent of thought and existing in their own metaphysical domain that can be accessed through the mind using reason. Plato’s theory of forms is strongly
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