Confucius · Philosophy

Filial Piety and the Roots of Virtue

Confucius’s teaching that <em>filial piety</em> - devotion to parents and family - is the root of humaneness and the foundation from which all virtue and social order grow.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Confucius made filial piety (devotion to parents and family) the root of humaneness and social order. Explain filial piety and why Confucius saw it as the root of virtue, in your own words.

Leads to Edmund Burke.

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