If you were raising a child and had to explain the importance of good manners, would you give a basically Western account (according to which bad manners show disrespect to individuals) or a basically Confucian account (according to which bad manners can lead us to become misanthropic and corrode and coarsen our common life). Explain yourself!
If you were raising a child and had to explain the importance of good manners, would you give a basically Western account (according to which bad manners show disrespect to individuals) or a basically Confucian account (according to which bad manners can lead us to become misanthropic and corrode and coarsen our common life). Explain yourself!