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Mohism was an ancient Chinese philosophical movement founded in the fifth century B.C.E. by the charismatic artisan Mozi, or "Master Mo." The Mohists advanced a consequentialist ethics that anticipated Western utilitarianism by more than two thousand years and developed fascinating logical, epistemological, and political theories that set the terms of philosophical debate in China for generations. They were the earliest thinkers to outline a just war doctrine and to explain the origin of government from a state of nature. ...

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The Philosophy of the Mòz: The First Consequentialists 2016, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231149273

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The Philosophy of the Mòz: The First Consequentialists 2016, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231149266

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