Must I Be Good To Do Good?

Question 0

What are the basics of Confucianism?

Answer 0

Confucius said it would be useful to write down what is known about being a good person
The universe is understood to have order, but we don’t accept this and it causes problems
If we allowed the natural order of the universe, we would be doing the right thing

Question 1

What are virtue ethics?

Answer 1

If you become the right person, right choices will follow

Question 2

What is “li”?

Answer 2

Acting according to your place in a hierarchy. If you accept your position, things will go smoothly

Example: children taking tests for their jobs

Question 3

What is Jain karma theory?

Answer 3

All things are souls (jiv) or stuff (ajiv)
Bodies are things stuck to a soul
Souls become sticky because of passion and emotions

Question 4

What causes a soul to be sticky?

Answer 4

Desires and actions

Question 5

What is the idea of Jain performance theory?

Answer 5

What you do shapes your body

Question 6

What are action vows?

Answer 6

Vows are things you aren’t going to do. Best of you can do it in a dispassionate way

Question 7

What is the end goal of Jain karma theory?

Answer 7

No karma. Or only good karma so you have a better start in the next life

Question 8

What did Gandhi take from Hindu ethics?

Answer 8

Ideas from the Bhagavad Gita: doing your duty in regards to who you are
Said Indians couldn’t try to be English

Question 9

What did Gandhi take from Jain ethics?

Answer 9

The idea that gods can’t change your karma, so you must act on your actions alone. Took the idea of fasting for purification

Question 10

What did Gandhi take from Christian ethics?

Answer 10

The idea of free thinking
Talked with social pacifists after wwi
Centered on the idea that no revolution that comes out of warfare ends well

Question 11

Flaws in Gandhis ideas?

Answer 11

He argued that everyone was traditionally Hindu, and that’s how people should be split