1. Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
That is why Chinese philosophy as the root of education was responsible for our obvious shortcomings.[3] Fukuzawa was opposing the Chinese teaching because such vigor was his belief that in this age of transition, if this retrogressive doctrine remains at all in young men's minds, the new civilization could not give its full benefit to this country. ... For example, there was a concern among some not to lose the soul of the nation in the rush towards modernization, which leaded to the popular slogan, "Eastern ethics, Western Science".[5] In the early 1870s, Fukuzawa was against the Chris...