Decisions often stand in the way of life. Maybe not decisions themselves, but the act of deciding. Sometimes, I feel, we take too long to decide what we already know we should do. This kind of instinctive ethic, or group of morals is bread into us from the beginning of life. In the west, we often base our decision-making process on Christian ethics, or Western philosophies. In the East, however, there exist other options. In China, in particular, Taoism and Confucianism offer two options. First, I will summarize a Taoist view and then a Confucian view. Then I will compare the two.
Taoism teaches that a person must live naturally, in the “way”. People are to follow the natural flow of events and
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