WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which philosophy believed that people were bad by nature?
A
Legalism
B
Buddhism
C
Confucianism
D
Daoism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Legalism holds that human beings are essentially bad because they are inherently selfish. No one, unless forced to, willingly sacrifices for another. According to the precepts of Legalism, if it is in one’s best interest to kill another person, that person will most probably be killed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Legalism, the belief that people were evil by nature and needed to be controlled, was very different from both Confucianism and Daoism. Unlike the other two beliefs, Legalism was a political philosophy without any religious concerns.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founder of legalism and believed that severe punishments were the only way to control people.-The Code of Law must be drafted and published. Laws should always be more important than individual interests and actions. All persons are considered equal before the law.

Detailed explanation-4: -Legal moralism is the theory of jurisprudence and the philosophy of law which holds that laws may be used to prohibit or require behavior based on society’s collective judgment of whether it is moral.

Detailed explanation-5: -Legalism is generally an ancient religion, and it is also more widely known as a philosophy. Most consider Legalism a belief system, making the population unclear. to question whether following Confucian principles could solve society’s problems. Beginning in China during the Zhou Empire, Han Fei implemented legalism.

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