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    Filial Piety

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    Essay about using ‘filial piety’ as an example‚ explain how cultural practices/values change Introduction and background: When it comes to filial piety‚ it should be a complex concept with different meaning and value in distinct period and region. Dating back to the history of filial piety‚ Chinese Confucian is the most representative pillar which claims: A respect for the parents and ancestors. However‚ filial piety is not unique for Chinese. East Asia country like Japan and Korea also had

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    Popular Piety

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    increase in expression of popular piety became prevalent at the end of the 11th century during the call for the first crusade by Pope Urban II. Popular piety refers to seeking a closer more personal relationship with God that was based off of emotion and love. This emotive Christianity reflected a shift in the attitudes of medieval society that were continuing to change due to other historical factors happening from the 12th through 15th centuries. The growth of popular piety‚ the ongoing threat of heresy

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    Filial Piety

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    English 10A ­ Honors ­  Per.1 December 14‚ 2013 Filial Piety ­ Compare and Contrast Essay   China  has  revised  a  law on  the  Protection  of  the  Rights  and Interests  of Elderly  People.  A clause  now  stipulates  :  “  Family members  living  apart  from  the  elderly  should  frequently visit  or send  greetings  to  the elderly  people.”  ( The New York Times  ­  Yu Hua.  )   Filial Piety is  a virtue of respect  for  one’s  parents  and  ancestors  in  Confucian  philosophy

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    Plato's Nature Of Piety

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    Understanding the Nature of Piety‚ Euthyphro Plato’s dialogue of Euthyphro shows the complexity in determining the nature of piety. Socrates questions Euthyphro and learns that Euthyphro gives examples rather than a concrete definition. He tries to persuade Euthyphro from thinking of piety in association with divine gods. a) “Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious‚ or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods?” (10a) b) The gods argue among themselves and may not consider

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    Piety is a Part of Justice: Euthyphro’s suggestion that piety is a part of justice is perhaps as close to a definition of piety that we ever receive in the dialogue of Euthyphro. This is because of all the explanations offered by Euthyphro‚ this one comes closest to measuring piety with a valid‚ universal standard. Euthyphro’s first suggestion‚ that piety is what he is doing now‚ is not only merely an example‚ not a definition‚ but Euthyphro is so pompous as to use himself as the standard with

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    Filial piety

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    Filial piety requires emotional care‚ not just financial support Recent family tragedies have sparked discussions on the relationship between children and their parents in the local community. Filial piety has long been the core value of Chinese culture‚ but tragedies and a rising trend of living alone in advanced age‚ later-life depression and abuse of the elderly raise concerns about whether filial obligations for the care of ageing parents are in decline. The impact of intergenerational relationships

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    In the beginning of the Pursuit of Holiness‚ Bridges starts the book off with the principle that everyone is required to live a holy life before the sight of God. We are all to live a holy life but one may ask what does it mean to be holy? Defining the word holy one may describe it as to live a life that is morally faultless. "When the true term of holy is to be separated from sin and‚ therefore‚ consecrated to God." As we attempt to live a holy life why do we so often fail at exemplifying the essence

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    Socrates Plato Piety

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    Pursuing Piety Euthyphro is a text written by Plato‚ about a debate between Socrates and Euthyphro on the subject of piety and holiness‚ rich with Socratic irony‚ Socrates pretends to be clueless on the subject and asks Euthyphro what his thoughts are on the subject of piety and what makes an action pious‚ however Euthyphro starts digging himself a bigger and bigger hole even though he initially posed as almost an expert on piety‚ Socrates finally shows him how ignorant he truly is on the subject

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    relatives are mad at him because “it is impious for a son to prosecute his father for murder. But their ideas of the divine attitude to piety and impiety are wrong” (4e). Because of this‚ Socrates enquires about what Euthyphro believes piety truly is‚ to which he provides his four definitions that Socrates ultimately disagrees with. The first attempt in defining piety is when Euthyphro says‚ “I say that the pious is to do what I am doing now‚ to prosecute the wrongdoer…. whether the wrongdoer is your

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    Socrates Piety Analysis

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    morality‚ even questioning a fellow Athenian Euthyphro. Paying with his life‚ Socrates embarked on a mission to question beliefs‚ and during this time he question Euthyphro about his expertise with "piety" and "impiety." As Euthyphro claimed his morality was something he gained from the god’s definition of piety‚ and was prosecuting his father for accidentally murdering a servant‚ but Socrates argues that even the gods are inconsistent. Socrates was being charged

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