Social Order and Philosophy

Religious Traditions in the Axial Age Aspects of Judaism that made it "axial" during the period from 900 BCE to 300 CE Judaism spelled an era in the time where there was a worship of many deities, and it brought the idea of worshiping only one deity. Judaism was widespread during this time. It had enough power to influence the people as an umbrella of worship under one deity. The worship of one deity brought about a strengthened responsiveness of human beings and their God.

The responsibilities of worshiping one deity were straightened and made to look like capable of transforming whatever was necessary for any true form of worship. The sense of a linear time made people take good responsibility of their deities and everything related to them. The existence of the rival deities was also realized, as people took central of one deity. It was during this time that the acts of Judaism made Hebrew appear to be like a full monotheistic religion as happened in 500 BCE (Strayer and Eric 2016).

Aspects of Confucianism that made it "axial" during the period from 900 BCE to 300 CE During the period between 900 BCE and 300 BCE, Confucianism brought about the need to have a sensible use of ethics in human life. The philosophy emphasized the creation of social order through the integration of the ethical considerations on a personal level. It was necessary to integrate the ideas of ritual and etiquette. The society had to be harmonious on the individual etiquette as seen during the early Zhou Dynasty.

The philosophy helped to establish strong bonds of loyalty and hierarchy by making people embrace the need to be ethical, consider the interests of the other people, respect authority, and observe the order that brings about peace and stability. The philosophy emphasized on its belief that through the observance of the etiquette and ritual, people were educated to have the need to see social order as a fundamental element in every society (Halton 2103). The roles of the people in the society changed during this period.

The cutting edge for a change during this time was the human understanding of the social order and the need to accept the society as it is and build from it into the future. Confucianism brought about the morality of the people. The understanding of the etiquette and ritual made people see life in a different way, observing the tenets of being morally upright. From these tenets, the people were able to figure out the best ways to live together as in unity.

Harmony was developed because of the specification of the ethics and human behaviors that were positive. Confucianism developed and advanced the concept that leaders were only able to grow and become true leaders when they embraced the spirits of being moral. As a result, the philosophy transformed the leaders and gave them the need to observe the morals in the society and hence bring unity and harmony into their statutes of leadership.

From this, it was possible for the people to follow the natural moral principles in place as leaders were doing the same. It was possible for the people to fulfill their roles in the society as done by the leaders. Moreover, it was possible to see the difference between the moral and the immoral behaviors from among the people and the leaders. Through the influence of Confucianism, it was apparent that even the old China started to change and embrace the spirit of ethics among the people and the leaders.

Aspects of Daoism that made it "axial" during the period from 900 BCE to 300 CE Daoism brought about an intense and spiritualized approach of religion among the people. It brought the integration of several people although a few of them may be known for the period during the 300s BCE. This dimension of worship brought about advancement in the elements of mysticism and magic as some of the reflected ideas were seen to go beyond the Shang shamanism.

This period brought about the realization of the importance of Wu-Wei or the non-action approach of worship that yielded the forces in the universe (Bellah 2011). Daoism marked a time when there was a need for people to remain with simple nature. The philosophy brought about the need to be passive to remain acquainted to the specifications of life (Strayer and Eric 2016). The philosophy sees the world as something with so much to offer and with misery.

As a way of surviving these miseries, Daoism emphasized on the need for the people to remain with passivity, simplicity, and acquiescence. Because of this, people were able to retreat from the miseries facing the world. Daoism as a philosophy brought.