Mohist
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The core of the texts consists of 10 three-part essays expounding on and defending the 10 main doctrines of the Mohist school.
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Compare and contrast Mohist, Confucian, and Daoist ethics.
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The chapter on normative moral theory discusses the central tenets of Mohist thought; this section will examine its political ideals.
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They therefore reject the Mohist and Confucian affirmation of traditional moral norms.
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One of the key aspects of Mohist ethics is that Mozi asks about the appropriate rational basis for moral principles.
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Mohists also believed in social mobility, such that capable, moral individuals should rise.
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The Mohists condemn fatalism because it suggests that human effort is futile and undermines Mohist goals of achieving social order and a large and economically thriving population.
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Mohists believed that we are more likely to achieve social stability and general welfare when we focus not simply on ourselves, but the betterment of others and the community.
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With minimal religious or theological commitments, Mohists believe that heaven constitutes the eternal and ideal beliefs of a natural power or force that created and governs the universe.
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Knowledge, for Mohists, is based on the concept of “recognition” or “knowledge of.”
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