Phl 156 Quiz 4
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Why, for Kongzi, was it not enough that one simply learn the words of the classics and memorize the movements of the rites? Relate your answer to his maxim: “Study without reflection is a waste. Reflection without study is a danger.”
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Name all four of Mengzi’s “nascent moral senses”. Why did he call them “sprouts”? How does the notion of “give-away” actions support this way of thinking about the moral senses?
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For what reasons did Mengzi believe that moral actions cause joy for the person that does them? What role does this joy play in our moral development, on his view?
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