Mozi's Teaching of Jianai : A Lesson for the Twenty-First Century?
Philosophy East and West 64 (4):838-855 (2014)
Abstract
The present study has a twofold purpose: to reexamine Mozi’s 墨子 teaching of jianai 兼愛 , and to consider its possible implications regarding several deeply rooted problems endemic to the present age of global interdependence. First, the case is made that Mozi’s teaching of impartial regard is an extension of Confucius’ teaching of ren 仁 in the senses of loving others and loving broadly .1 Second, for the purposes of the present discussion, the pressing problems of the present age are understood to be those rooted in the persistent asymmetries of wealth ..DOI
10.1353/pew.2014.0087
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