An introduction to the ethics of Mo Di, or Mozi, (墨子, c. 470 – c. 391 BCE), the founding figure of Mohism, a philosophical, social, and self-defense movement during the Warring States era (479–221 BCE) in China.
Category: Chinese Philosophy
What is Philosophy?
What is philosophy? The question is itself a philosophical question. This essay surveys some answers. #philosophy #whatisphilosophy #definingphilosophy
Wu-Wei: Acting without Desire
Author: Henrique Schneider Categories: Chinese Philosophy, Historical Philosophy, Global Philosophy Word Count: 997 Wu-wei (無爲, wúwéi) is a central concept in early Chinese philosophy. However, different schools of thought conceptualized the notion differently, so it is difficult to briefly capture its multiple senses and uses. Our focus here will be on one sense of wu-wei … Continue reading Wu-Wei: Acting without Desire
How to Establish Social Order? Three Early Chinese Answers
Author: Henrique Schneider Categories: Chinese Philosophy, Historical Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Global Philosophy Word Count: 998 Way, Chaos, and Order are central to (early) Chinese philosophy. The Way is not a metaphor, but a natural structure to be uncovered by thinking and action. Chaos happens when people do not find a Way. Not … Continue reading How to Establish Social Order? Three Early Chinese Answers
Mengzi’s Moral Psychology, Part 2: The Cultivation Analogy
Author: John Ramsey Categories: Historical Philosophy, Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, Global Philosophy Word Count: 959 Editor’s Note: This essay is the second in a two-part series authored by John on the topic of Mengzi’s moral psychology. The first essay is here. In the first part on Mengzi’s moral psychology, we explored his claim that all people … Continue reading Mengzi’s Moral Psychology, Part 2: The Cultivation Analogy
Mengzi’s Moral Psychology, Part 1: The Four Moral Sprouts
Author: John Ramsey Categories: Historical Philosophy, Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, Global Philosophy Word Count: 988 Editor’s Note: This essay is the first in a two-part series authored by John on the topic of Mengzi’s moral psychology. The second essay is here. Mengzi (372–289 BCE), or Mencius,[1] an early Confucian whose thinking is represented in the eponymous … Continue reading Mengzi’s Moral Psychology, Part 1: The Four Moral Sprouts