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The paper examines the Confucian view of the family and considers what aspects of it are appropriate for modern (American) life and what aspects are not appropriate for Western society. The writer argues that it appears most likely that the rigidly patriarchal nature of the Confucian family cannot stand up to modern sensibilities. The paper concludes that even though the societies have conflicting ideologies, the Confucian emphasis on respect is a healthy addition to any household.

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"The Confucian view of the family is one that has been increasingly challenged in recent years as the East and West draw closer together. The following brief paper will examine Confucian philosophy as it pertains to the family and suggest certain aspects of it that might hold promise for American families as well as certain aspects of it that American families should not seek to emulate. As will soon become apparent, Confucianism is a complicated matter when it is applied to the most important social unit of all. To begin with, Confucianism believes very strongly that the relationship between children and their parents is a rigidly hierarchical one: parents are to give the orders and children are expected to unquestioningly obey."

Tags:confucian, family, america

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Confucianism, the dominant worldview in Imperial China, placed tremendous value on social order and hierarchical relationships. It envisaged an order society with the Emperor at the top and his authority expressed through a Confucian bureaucracy administering Confucian laws. The realities of daily life contradicted this model. Periodic rebellions, banditry, human avarice and a host of other factors undermined the Confucian ideals. This paper examines a variety of primary sources to identify countercurrents to the dominant Confucian ideology in Imperial China.

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The paper looks at China today and examines what kind of ideology will best suit Chinese leaders and citizens in a system of transition on the road to some form of globally integrated and pluralistic system. The essay argues that Confucianism and democracy are the best option. The paper explains that the first is traditional in the Chinese society and the second could help solve many of the country's problems.

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"Since the early 1980s China saw a unique transformation from an isolated rural country to urbanized, stable and quite open country. This turn in the Chinese economy and politics started soon after Mao's death and Deng Xiaoping's return to power. Deng, assisted by the survivors of the Long March, started the big reformation of the Chinese system. This reform era began with a shift in the political climate. Deng and other reformists wanted to move the policy of the Chinese Communist Party from ideological to pragmatic. The country was devastated by Mao's Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward as well as by Mao's totalitarian regime."

Tags:china, democracy, ideology

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In this article, the writer discusses that Henry Rosemont, in "Whose Democracy? Which Rights?," presents a challenge to the "regnant ideology" of Western liberalism from the perspective of Chinese Confucianism. This essay critically examines Rosemont's arguments with particular reference to the arguments of David Wong with regard to relativism. The writer maintains that Rosemont's critique is flawed as a consequence of its being embedded not so much in Confucianism as in a highly polemical and political critique of 21st century American hegemony.

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"Wong's historical analysis of normative relativism allows us not only to understand how cross-cultural ethical debates have been shaped by larger social and political upheavals in our time. As will be shown, the critical flaw in Rosemont's argument proceeds from his effort to privilege one system (Confucianism) at the expense of another (Western liberalism). It will be shown how such an approach opens his arguments to critical challenge in overlooking obvious objections - "the dog in the night-time" - while Wong's normative relativism more effectively allows us to see and equally respect all ethical traditions that do not fundamentally disagree with our own."

Tags:western, challenge

Abstract
Henry Rosemont, in "Whose Democracy? Which Rights?," presents a challenge to the "regnant ideology" of Western liberalism from the perspective of Chinese Confucianism. This paper critically examines Rosemont's arguments with particular reference to the arguments of David Wong with regard to relativism.

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"Wong contends that Confucianism bears striking similarities to a number of ethical systems found in Africa, China, India and Japan in which the concept of individual rights is largely absent, and the prime emphasis is upon communal networks of relationships. Moreover, the fact that these systems were developed, and met the needs of the societies in which they were created for millennia, suggests that they at least must be given equal consideration to the Western liberal tradition with an emphasis upon individual liberties (Wong 39-40)."

Tags:henry, rosement, david, wang

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This paper examines Japan's remarkable economic success during the post World War II period, tying this in with the influence of Confucianism. The writer discusses that the basis of every company is the morale of the employees and that Confucianism in Japan promotes ideals such as industriousness and a strong work ethic, because of its emphasis on harmony and obligations. By examining work ethics at a micro-level the writer describes that one can perceive a clearer picture of why Japan succeeded to transform its economy.

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"As Japan arose like a phoenix from the ashes after the destruction of World War II, great strides were taken to transform its economy. In contemporary society, it is a given that Japan is a global economic power. This was not always so. The remarkable transformation of the Japanese economy after World War II, was largely influenced by Confucianism an ideology that has had a long history in Japanese society and culture. This paper argues ... "

Tags:confucianism, japan's post wwi economy, east asian ideologies

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In this article, the writer discusses how Confucian ideology persisted in influence over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, despite challenges from anti-Confucian sources, including communism.

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"This research examines the impact of Confucian traditions on the development of China in the 19th and 20th centuries. The research will focus chiefly on the power of Confucianism to affect the Chinese attitude social structure despite numerous changes in government administration and despite the largely successful efforts of the communist regime installed after to supplant Confucianism with Communist ideology in the culture. Above all Confucius appears to have prized the benefits of an orderly society and to him that seems to have meant a hierarchically organized authoritarian ..."

Tags:Confucianism, social organization

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The paper interprets a dialogue between a Confucian and a Christian. It then goes on to discuss the differences between the religions of Confucianism, Christianity and Buddhism - their history and practice. The author ends with a personal comment about his relationship and feelings toward to the religions he discusses in his paper.

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"Some Western scholars have delineated the fundamental difference between Christianity and Confucianism in that "Confucianism is very much a religion for the purposes of the Chinese," in other words located in the Chinese sense of social order. (Hoad, 2005) However, Christianity began as a nationalistic tradition, a splinter radical group that broke away from the Pharisees and Sadducees of Israel. Christ's reference to the commandments would make no sense to an audience unfamiliar with the religious tradition of Israel. Also, although Christianity may now exist as a theistic rather than a humanistic religion like Confucianism, that is a religion focused on the relationship between God and humans, rather than human interrelationships, Christ explicitly sets out a code of conduct for individuals to obey, and an ideal to uphold in terms of personal piety that is in relation to others as well as to the Father."

Tags:religion, ideology, theology

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This paper argues that the current system of leadership in China will prevail, with minor adjustments, as long as it provides order, a sense of progress and leadership. China is discussed as an unique civilization that carries over influences of the past, not the least of which are Confucian models of authority, morality and the strong society as one that unites and directs.

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"China is discussed as a civilization, not a mere country or empire, whose political heritage differs from that of the West. The group is valued ahead of the individual as can give an impression of low political development to the foreign observer. Through time, China has had various forms of Platonic rule with those too harsh or incapable falling to rebellion or other violence, the people willing to tolerate a good deal till a point of excess that brings collapse."

Tags:prc, liberalization, ideology

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This paper explains that with the beginning of the Choson rule, Confucian thought became the ruling ideology of the Korea and the core of the education system. The author points out that Confucianism became a powerful instrument for reorganizing the state and society and for infusing new discipline into intellectual life.