Word: confucianism
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Perhaps the Confucian work ethic is the source of motivation for some Asian-Americans. But to describe this as the sole reason for the entire group's relative academic success is a shallow analysis of a complex interplay of forces...
...underlying assumption of the Confucian work-ethic theory is that all Asians are culturally better equipped to learn. This shallow view of the group's academic ability places undue expectations on the many less-educated, lower-income members. For them, the myth of Asian superiority only exacerbates the problems of being a member of this minority group...
Feigned compliance is the term used by Lucian Pye, a political scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to describe such self-protective make-believe and the obedience it spawns. As a trait central to the Chinese character, feigned compliance has distinct Confucian roots, and Confucius is very much in vogue in China today. Not for that part of his philosophy that extols good-heartedness and broad-mindedness, but for his celebration of authority, hierarchy and anti-individualism. For the purposes of China's leaders, what counts is that Confucius presumed the ruler's right to rule...
...self-reflection is not for you, don't despair. The University offers plenty of other choices. This year's courses run the gamut from "Molecular Biology of the Cell A" to "The Confucian Gentleman." Junior professors conjured up most of the exciting new offerings, but more familiar Harvard names are behind a few innovative options...
...Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel's Moral Reasoning 22, "Justice"--also won't be offered this year. In fact, only one Moral Reasoning course is scheduled for the fall, although there are two new offerings in the spring--Moral Reasoning 38, "Autonomy and Alienation," and Moral Reasoning 40, "Confucian Humanism and Moral Community...