1.How would you characterize different conceptions of government and authority in the work of Confucius and Hammurabi’s code? How would you account for the differences? Contrasting the opposing viewpoints of how Confucius and Hammurabi viewed government and authority is analogous to comparing democracy to dictatorship. Confucius advocated a government in which the sovereign is benevolent and honorable and the subjects are respectful and compliant. Respect, however, should be earned and thus a leader’s …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 649 total…the needs were) reflected their standpoints. The question that arises, however, is if these ideas were implemented at all. Confucius�Eideas were rarely heeded by the rulers of his era because they would prove detrimental to their power. Similarly, how can it be proven that all of Hammurabi’s laws were strictly enforced? Each society seemed to follow some rigid hierarchy. If that be the case, perhaps the two are not so different after all.