HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Confucianism
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Daoism
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Legalism
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Mandate of Heaven
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Detailed explanation-1: -Legalism in ancient China was a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest and require strict laws to control their impulses. It was developed by the philosopher Han Feizi (l. c. 280-233 BCE) of the state of Qin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Han Fei states people are born with a hatred of harm and a love of profit. This understanding of human nature can never lead to a cognitive distortions in governing. So it is a moral basic of a philosophy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Legalism was developed in China by a philosopher named Han Feizi and was adopted as the official philosophy of the Qin Dynasty, a major time of reformation in the government of China.