... human apprehensions. In the perspective of the Legalists, efforts to improve the human society by a magnanimous example, education, and ethical principles were incompetent. Instead, it was believed the people needed a resilient government and a carefully formulated code of law, along with a regulating power that would strictly implement these rules and punish harshly even the most minor violations. Li Ma states that, "among the Chinese Legalists the foundations of obedience rest upon the fear of punishment, based on ... . Therefore, Confucian philosophy proposed ethical regulation throug...

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... by numerous mediums. A few of the more popular foundations are consequences, religion, and feelings, just to name a few. Each of these has strong points as well as weak ones. One acceptable one basis of ethical judgments is the consequences of our actions. Some would argue that it is possible to make an ethical decision by examining the different possible results that will occur from different courses of action. The "right" choice in a decision ... upon. Religion provides a set of guidelines that one should live their life by. One illustration of this is Christianity and the Ten Command...

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... remain that way while other cultures were falling under different religions. The Confucian thought was somewhat religious, but in comparison to others, very different. For example, the Islam's believed there to be a natural and supernatural world, where the afterlife was to be lived, while the Chinese believed it to be all one, the cosmos. The Confucian people stress good relationships, and fulfill the duties of their status to produce a socially sound environment. They had a seemingly ... -changing world." The Chinese were definitely in a time of dramatic change, and had to adapt quickl...

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... said that faith is not what some people think it is. Their human dream is a delusion, because they observe that faith is not followed by good works or a better life. They fall into error, even though they speak and hear much about faith (Smith 1-2). Luther believed that faith, true faith would make people completely different. He said that faith is a living, creative, active ... the groundwork for later additions and subtractions of reformed theology. Martin Luther's spiritual will and testament was in some of his last writings. He said that Satan's rage and ruin have no end. He wrote t...

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... has the power to influence the world to his desires and wills, however it leaves humans with little moral responsibility for their actions. The lack of human responsibility is evident throughout Liebniz's works. If everything happens because God wanted it to take place what explains the violence and destruction that we endure everyday. Through religions we have learned to attribute the success and happiness of an individual as being a work of God. On the other ... whether substances of the mind and body were the same. From a dualist point of view the substances of the mind and body are ...

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