Is Mohism really li-promotionalism?
A longstanding orthodoxy holds that the Mohists regard the promotion of li (benefit, 利) as their ultimate normative criterion, meaning that they measure what is yi (just, 義) or buyi (unjust, 不義) depending on whether it maximizes li or not. This orthodoxy dates back at least to Joseph Edkins (1859),...
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| Language: | English |
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2021
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Asian philosophy
Year: 2021, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 430-440 |
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Deontology
B promotionalism B yi (just, 義) B li (benefit, 利) B Mohism |
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