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Compare Daoism And Confucianism

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The best part about studying Daoism and Confucianism was being able to connect it to what goes on in my own personal life. I’ve always strived to be someone who people see as a man who understands how to treat others and knows how he wants others to treat him. In my own practices of my Catholic faith, I pray to God that He sends His spirit upon me, that I may receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit (wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and counsel) so I can produce its fruits (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and fear of the Lord). These gifts and fruits are the same as what most others call virtues; virtues we all must try unceasingly to attain. My moral virtues are very similar to that of a Confucian. This excited me more than surprised me, because before this class, I didn’t know the slightest bit about Confucianism. The moral virtue that stood out the most to me was empathy; being empathetic and compassionate is something that I focus on more than anything. A lot of people see it as weakness, but I see it as pure strength and courage. To instinctively recognize the inherent worth and value of every person, from the highest of society to the lowest baffles me. Although I fail to be “the ideal …show more content…

What is a leader supposed to do? Lead of course. The thing is, when he or she leads with good morals, he or she is leading by example. When you can witness them not just talking the talk, but walk the walk as well, those who are being led have someone who they can follow, not just be under supervision of. I would say that the morality of the society does not fully depend on the morality of its leader but he or she can definitely influence it. A big contributing factor to why I came to that decision was because no society is the same in the category of a leaders power. But in the end, it’s the person within the society who decides in how he or she will morally

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