Answer:
Discuss the five cardinal principles of Confucius.
Answer:
Five Cardinal Principles of Confucius’ Ethics
1. Humaneness
2. Righteousness
3. Propriety;
4. Wisdom
5. Trustworthiness
(i) Confucius said that wisdom grows from the family, and that the foundation of society is the disciplined individual in an orderly family.
(ii) The superior man, according to him, is not merely intelligent or scholarly, but his character should be exemplary.
(iii) The superior man of Confucius possesses three virtues: intelligence, courage and goodwill
(iv) Though Confucius insisted on children obeying parents and wife her husband, he also clearly proposed that “when the command is wrong a son should resist his father and a minister should resist the prince.’’
(v) When asked about government, he said that there are three requisites for it: “That there should be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment and confidence of the people in their ruler.”
