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Should a struggling state pay for music? Mozi and Xunzi’s quarrel
More than two thousand years before modern arts-funding debates, the Mohists argued that music wastes what the poor need, and Xunzi replied that a society without music cannot hold together. Both were partly right.
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Ethical theories explained: a beginner’s guide to how philosophers judge right and wrong
Consequences, duties, character, contracts, care, roles and community: what each theory tells you to look at, and why they agree more often than you'd think.
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Should you care for everyone equally? Mozi and the first great argument about impartiality
Two thousand years before utilitarianism, Mohists and Confucians fought over whether love should have degrees. They framed the question better than we usually do.
Started by Chen Yuting0 replies146 views