Mohists
- plural of Mohist.
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Mohists use the ideas of “Heaven’s Intent” and “Understanding Ghosts” to argue that there is an objective moral world order that individuals and society should hasten to emulate.
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Later, however, Mohists seemed to abandon or at least put less emphasis on this appeal to heaven to justify ethical norms and principles, favoring a greater emphasis on rational argumentation.
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For Mohists, there is little value in investigating the conceptual or ideal nature of terms like white and black.
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According to Mohists, it is apparent that heaven values every individual human being with exactly the same worth.
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Early Mohists, in particular, also saw heaven as way to motivate individuals to act selflessly, as moral deeds would be rewarded, whereas immoral ones would be punished.
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