Confucius · Philosophy
Confucius’s central virtue - <em>ren</em>, humaneness or benevolence - the loving concern for others that is the heart of his ethics and the goal of moral cultivation.
You learned that ren (humaneness/benevolence) is the central virtue of Confucius’s ethics. Explain what ren is and how it is expressed and cultivated, in your own words.
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