WORLD RELIGIONS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
I’m a farmer who has been hoarding crops, so my family can eat, and my landowner wants to chop off my hand ! What philosophy does my landowner believe in?
A
Confucianism
B
Legalism
C
Daoism
D
Buddhism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy and religion that instructs believers on how to exist in harmony with the universe.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Political Philosophy, Humanism emphasizes individual freedom and responsibility, human values and compassion, and the need for tolerance and cooperation, and it rejects authoritarian beliefs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. 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-4: -Political thought. To Han Feizi it was axiomatic that political institutions must change with changing historical circumstances. It is folly, he said, to cling to outmoded ways of the past, as the Confucians did.

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