"...Do not exalt the worthy, so that the people shall not compete.
Do not value rare treasures, so that the people shall not steal.
Do not display objects of desire, so that the people’s hearts shall not be disturbed..."
(Tao Te Ching, 3)
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In short, NO BIASES/PREJUDICES; and that's the Way of Tao.
If you, as a part of the higher authority in a specific scope (or even if you are not), praise and applaud the one who, for you, is commendable (or even just treat them differently special), you will just ignite the fires in the hearts of your people to match things up. Then there will be comparisons which will later on result to extreme rivalry and competition. This is because they will sense up the unfairness of things to them. They will ask that since they are all of the same nature, why are then the others treated differently? Why not them? Can't they be also treated the way others are treated? Then BANG! -All then went running as if they were in a great race. They did everything, even killing the other as if they were not fellows, for that trophy of special treatment as if it is really a "trophy"; a sign of success, which in fact, was not and will never be at all. If at the very first place, no one treated another uncommonly, there will be no race, no competition, no conflict, -NO BLOODSHED!
Just like the 50-60's schism between the White's (who were favored by the government) and the Colored/Black's in the United States of America. There were divisions; from diners/restaurants, to the very seats of the bus. And somehow, it was the Colored who were oppressed and dehumanize; their rights were not invoked, their diners were unclean, their expressions/feelings were never heard. And there began the Civil Rights Movement, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr; a black man, which fought for the Colored/Black's and raised their voices up for the government to hear their pleas. And there went flying of molotovs, killing of people, assassinating of leaders, permeating of riots and all the worst things that could ever happen in the society did happened. Yes, it did come to an end, but it took hundreds of men to die first before such devastating incident to last. Did it worth it? All the dead people and all those who remained but still suffered; did the damages infused to them actually worth it? If only such division, such schism didn't took place at the very first place, would there be agony and grief that will fill up the hearts of the people?
Thus, clearly, even as enforced by the Way of Tao, it is really ought for a person, an authority or not, to not to have prejudices in his/her heart, for it will just create no good, and instead, disturb all of that there is; from the people, to the tiniest things that occupies this wholeness. Definitely, to have Tao then, is to have no bias; to hold the first, is to release the latter.
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