WORLD HISTORY

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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Legalists believed humans are wicked and need strict laws with harsh punishments. Confucius taught a code of proper conduct, including respect, that humans could learn.

Detailed explanation-3: -The founder of the Legalistic school was Hsün Tzu or Hsün-tzu. The most important principle in his thinking was that humans are inherently evil and inclined toward criminal and selfish behavior. Thus, if humans are allowed to engage in their natural proclivities, the result will be conflict and social disorder.

Detailed explanation-4: -Daoism advocated that the individual should follow a mysterious force, called The Way (dao), of the universe, and that all things were one. Legalism held that humans were inherently bad and needed to be kept in line by a strong state. According to Legalism, the state was far more important than the individual.

Detailed explanation-5: -Confucianism is an ethic of moral uprightness, social order, and filial responsibility. Daoism was a philosophy of universal harmony that urged its practitioners not to get too involved in worldly affairs. Legalism is a theory of autocratic, centralized rule and harsh penalties.