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Social Analysis 10, Moral Reasoning 40, "Confucian Humanism," have ratios of 63 to 37 and 59 to 41, respectively. The overall Harvard College ratio is 43 percent women to 57 percent men, according to the 1994 edition of Peterson's Guide to Colleges...
Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy Wei-Ming Tu, whose Moral Reasoning core "Confucian Humanism: Self-Cultivation and Moral Community" came in a distant second with an enrollment of 471, said he was surprised to see so many people in his class...
...Confucian world of Korean business, the practice of naemul signifies respect and deference. Most businessmen see nothing unethical about this custom. They point out that Koreans have practiced naemul ever since their country was freed from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and have still enjoyed a rather spectacular rise from agrarian backwater to industrial power...
...ritual of naemul is an outgrowth of the Confucian grounding upon which Korean society is based. Just ask any Korean or Korean-American about the New Year's Day custom of parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and other adults handing out envelopes of money to children, who respond with a long, ceremonious bow and a wish of good blessings. Because of this fundamental grounding, naemul in one form or another has penetrated almost every other aspect of Korean society...
...good public face for mainstream society, ignoring some unpleasant truths, or we can get down to the real business of achieving freedom. For all of us. We Asian men need to clean house. Admitting responsibility is the first step towards putting matters right, and both these things are Confucian virtues that do deserve merit in today's world...