I'm reading "Legal System Very Different From Ours". The first one it talks about is ancient imperial China, where (as the author presents it) the Confucian leg

I'm reading "Legal System Very Different From Ours". The first one it talks about is ancient imperial China, where (as the author presents it) the Confucian legal tradition was about teaching virtue. I'm reminded of a description of "conservative" vs "liberal" wherein it's about risk management versus experimentation. Right now, if I'm faced with a choice between accommodating people who are doing it wrong, or challenging those people to become more, I'm going with the second option. Then again, this might not result in a viable society; or perhaps just a viable large-scale society. To put it another way: You can view the loophole as the problem, or you can view the attitude that finds loopholes acceptable to use the problem. > You should not treat people poorly, even if you believe that they are intolerant, I can treat people well whom I also do not tolerate. It's just that yeah, usually, those acting intolerant are also acting like assholes.