Confucianism is a set of beliefs that

a. advocates traditional social attitudes as a way to immunize countries from the corrupting cultural influences of Western-led globalization.
b. contends that the market is the best way to allocate resources and generate wealth, but not to distribute such wealth.
c. stresses that individuals have a right to make decisions for themselves and that, as much as possible, families and small social organizations should provide economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals rather than the state furnishing such protections.
d. discourages government involvement in the protection of groups or leveling of the economic playing field.
e. emphasizes respect for authority and hard work as well as an obligation by those in power to rule responsibly and in the interests of society as a whole.

E