![]() The connection is between our individual moral growth and achieving harmony and flourishing in society. To attend to harmony in your family, you need to look within yourself to make sure all your intentions are sincere. To enable everybody to become virtuous, you need to first attend to harmony in your family. ![]() I don’t know anyone who has ever been one, but who knows? Whereas for Confucianists, there is no in-principle barrier. For Christians, it is not possible to become a god. ![]() Is it possible to become a perfect person? As we grow morally, we help other people to grow morally. We depend on our relationships with others, in particular on family, in figuring out how to have positive relationships with others in family and community. That’s not relying on anything supernatural. The central idea is that we have it within us to become good people, ultimately to become a sage, which is sort of a perfect person. ![]()
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