Tuesday, October 6, 2009

4. Chinese school of thought.

Confucianism and legalism are two diametric schools of thought. Confucianism says that everyone is born good, teaches to be very respectful, and well-mannered, that only the best man shouldbe ruler, and that education is important. Legalism says that everyone is born bad, that the way to a strong civilization is through strict discipline, the ruler is simply chosen by birthright, and education is frowned upon. But which one is better suited to run a society? I would say confucianism would work the best. With a confuianism run government, the people would be happy, and smarter, and chances are, there would be a much better ruler, based on how the leader is chosen. People would want to live in that country, and fewer countries would want to fight it. If one did, the ruler could probably reach an agreement, avoiding war. In a full on war, that cant be stopped through negotiations, a legalist country would probably do better, given that its people are trained by birth to be strong, and they have a very large army. But in all other situations, this wouldnt be the case. Nobody would want to live in a legalist country, and there is a big chance for a revolution, as many of the common people are probably fed up with the government.

1 comment:

  1. Your paragrph over all was very good. The two things I would have to say is first the topic sentence was not really what the paragraph was about. second thing I think you needed quotes.

    -Aviv

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