Piety

Confucius philosophy was later take over by Daoism or Buddhism; still, Confucianism remains part of the long Chinese history until now (Yao 55), Confucianism focus on mainly on personalities, the study of Humanness (Ren), righteousness (yi), filial piety (xiao), and loyalty (xin) were core roots of Confucianism. With all four beliefs, Confucianism is a…

bringing your father to trial?” and if Euthyphro believes his impious actions will insult the gods (4E). Euthyphro believes his advanced wisdom on the meaning piety translates to know what the gods mean by the word too. Socrates needs him to explain the word to demonstrate his mastery of it. Euthyphro attempts to deliver a definition of piety. However, Socrates wants the essence of the word in order to demonstrate true mastery. Euthyphro cannot give a definition that delivers a mastery of the…

Euthyphro learns that he needs to clarify his claims of piety. Socrates is accused of impiety and Euthyphro is accusing his father of being impious because he killed someone. Since their legal matters both involve piety and impiety, Socrates asks Euthyphro to, “ Tell [him] what [he] say the pious is, and what the impious is” (Euthyphro 5d). Euthyphro is teaching Socrates what pious and impious mean. He defines piety and impiety using examples not what they actually mean. Socrates continues…

In fact, filial piety is considered to be the root of all the other values. From a Confucian point of view, filial piety marks the starting point of virtue while humaneness is the primary goal (Yao, 2000). From the analects “few of those who are filial sons and respectful brothers will show disrespect to superiors, and…

Piety, courage, and industry, were the Pilgrims’ most cherished values. They were thought such a necessity because of each values’ strong place in building a stable and prosperous community, as well as keeping a “morally” intact society, the “new Jerusalem.” But “paradise” is not to be gained without challenge and great effort against the “enemy of God” and they came in the form of hardship, privation, and fear. Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, and Edwards wrote of these hardships that they and…

In Euthyphro, Socrates states that piety must be something that is able, to be loved; however, piety cannot be defined as something loved because it is something loved. Developed from a discussion between Euthrphro and Socrates, the Divine Command Theory states, actions are right or wrong because they accord or conflict with the commands of God. However, Euthphro and the Divine Command Theory are misguided due to Euthyphro’s polytheistic religion, cases of severe malicious acts, and the belief…

When people find that there world has become foreign and strange to them, they tend to react in one of two ways. They either try to change the present to match a time in the past when things were alright in their minds or they will try to push for new and revolutionary changes. In the Spring-Autumn period of China, 722-481 BCE, many people were finding themselves in this position as order seemed to be gone from China. Conflict was constant and especially violent and as time went on it only…

It is human nature to be terrified of the unknown. Plato has conflicting views when regarding the existence of certainty and doubt in society. In Plato's The Allegory of the Cave, the cave may represent this superficial reality, everything that the prisoners have knowledge of has been conceived from mere illusions created by shadows. Because the prisoners had no sort of contact with the outside world they have become certain that the shadows were real. In Plato's Euthyphro, Socrates has been…

As pointed out in the Classic of Filial Piety, a Chinese work written by Xiao Jing, “Our bodies-to every hair and bit of skin-are received by us from our parents, and we must not presume to injure or wound them” (Doc 2). This conversation between Confucius and his disciple implants virtuous values that followers would teach to their children, “this is the beginning of filial piety” (Doc 2). Written to teach society, the Classic of Filial Piety educates all classes on how to follow Confucianism…

with moral and ethical challenges. In Euthyphro, Socrates attempts to convince Euthyphro that prosecuting his father might be sacrilegious, despite his duty as a citizen to report any crime committed. Socrates questions Euthyphro on what he believes piety to be, as a way for Euthyphro to understand the alternatives to directly turning his father in. This is followed by Socrates trial in the Apology, where he is being accused of corrupting the youth, not believing in the Gods, and believing in…