MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Golden Rule, Axial Age, Imperium
12 Jan 2017
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Pivotal period that defined the spiritual and ethical agenda for most of the world"s major religious and philosophical traditions. Recognize that one does not know everything (socrates) Notion of 5 relations+how we relate to others instead of self centered (confucius) The golden rule (ethos: the ethical focus of axial age spirituality. Not so much of what one believes but how one behaves. Part 2: the advent of theocracy or the fusion of religion and state: centralization became a big thing. Religion can be used to expand territories through conversion (in the name of faith) Given that resources are limited, who has the rights: conflicts between religion and state. Part 3: roman republic--->roman empire: the roman republic had a weak balance of power. System of checks and balances (not one person can have too much power) Served for life, originally as an advisory council . At first mostly patricians, but by 4 th century b. c. e. , mostly plebeians.
