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Originally Posted by achinese as i have said earlier, china is confucious socioty who put more emphasis on social harmony instead of wild freedom like anarchy. |
Ok, but would you say that it is the confucian way to put people in jail because they pointed out problems in their homeland? Do you think forbidding people to speak their minds is a good way to propagate harmony?
I would think in a harmonious, confucian society the state doesn't rely heavily on forbiddance and punishment. I read the following in an article about confucianism:
Confucius believed formal laws were only used to oppress people by régimes, while moral principles depended on each person's free will. The use of penal law, reasoned Confucius, would lead to people avoiding punishments and lacking a sense of shame. Leadership with virtue and morality, practised and preached, would have the opposite outcome, leaving people get on with life in an orderly fashion and staying within what is accepted as moral and decent.