Confucianism appealed to me in that authoritative conduct was the final product or “fruit” of personal development. As a psychology major, I became familiar with the term authoritative, especially in contrast with authoritarian, while learning about different parenting styles. Authoritative parenting is the best style of parenting, according to research. I am impressed that authoritative conduct is central to Confucianism because I see an authoritative approach to raising children as the only way to raise happy, bright, well-adjusted children. It seems natural that if authoritative parenting is necessary to raise children correctly, the best way to cultivate or “raise” one’s self would result in one exhibiting authoritative conduct. It is important
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I would consider myself to have “a love of learning” and feel it has benefited the development of my character thus far. Confucianism is accurate in requiring Haoxue (a love of learning) in the process of becoming authoritative, because an open mind and a thirst for knowledge are essential to realizing one’s potential. Conscientiousness, or zhong, involves being aware of one’s actions and striving to do what is right (SG 1). I appreciate the inclusion of conscientiousness on the journey to authoritative conduct because it a quality that requires one to be genuine in their pursuit of self cultivation. In my women’s fraternity, when recruiting new members, above all else we attempt to recruit conscientiousness young women, because we desire our members to be intentional, driven, disciplined, and self aware. The final value of confucianism that impressed me is shu, or the “silver rule” (SG 1). I was taught the “golden rule” as a young child which stated, “do onto others as you would have them do onto you”. It is easy for me to appreciate the “silver rule” which require those seeking authoritativeness must “not impose on others what you yourself do not desire” because it is the negation of the golden rule, which I subscribe …show more content…
This was an easy thing for me to do as it did not conflict with my plans in anyway. However, on Friday I was supposed to pomp from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. but I did not go because I needed to go to the store and run other errands before I could get ready for the social event I wanted to attend that night and I knew I would not have time for both. In the situation, I did not put the needs of others above my own because the homecoming directors depend on members to pomp a certain amount of hours per week and I did not complete my hours. This is something I normally would do without thinking twice because I am not particularly interested in homecoming, but while attempting to engage in shu I felt guilty for not completing my hours because it is very important to the homecoming directors that we complete our house deck on time. If everyone were to act as I did this past Friday, homecoming would be unsuccessful and that would crush the directors, who spend countless hours working to make it a success. On Saturday, I went home to OKC and tried to implement shu at home in my interactions with my immediate family. My mom called me while I was taking a nap and asked me if I could pick up my little sister from work. Normally, I would have said “no, I’m taking a nap” but instead I agreed and went to pick her up. This
I would consider myself to have “a love of learning” and feel it has benefited the development of my character thus far. Confucianism is accurate in requiring Haoxue (a love of learning) in the process of becoming authoritative, because an open mind and a thirst for knowledge are essential to realizing one’s potential. Conscientiousness, or zhong, involves being aware of one’s actions and striving to do what is right (SG 1). I appreciate the inclusion of conscientiousness on the journey to authoritative conduct because it a quality that requires one to be genuine in their pursuit of self cultivation. In my women’s fraternity, when recruiting new members, above all else we attempt to recruit conscientiousness young women, because we desire our members to be intentional, driven, disciplined, and self aware. The final value of confucianism that impressed me is shu, or the “silver rule” (SG 1). I was taught the “golden rule” as a young child which stated, “do onto others as you would have them do onto you”. It is easy for me to appreciate the “silver rule” which require those seeking authoritativeness must “not impose on others what you yourself do not desire” because it is the negation of the golden rule, which I subscribe …show more content…
This was an easy thing for me to do as it did not conflict with my plans in anyway. However, on Friday I was supposed to pomp from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. but I did not go because I needed to go to the store and run other errands before I could get ready for the social event I wanted to attend that night and I knew I would not have time for both. In the situation, I did not put the needs of others above my own because the homecoming directors depend on members to pomp a certain amount of hours per week and I did not complete my hours. This is something I normally would do without thinking twice because I am not particularly interested in homecoming, but while attempting to engage in shu I felt guilty for not completing my hours because it is very important to the homecoming directors that we complete our house deck on time. If everyone were to act as I did this past Friday, homecoming would be unsuccessful and that would crush the directors, who spend countless hours working to make it a success. On Saturday, I went home to OKC and tried to implement shu at home in my interactions with my immediate family. My mom called me while I was taking a nap and asked me if I could pick up my little sister from work. Normally, I would have said “no, I’m taking a nap” but instead I agreed and went to pick her up. This