PREMIUM-Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part Three)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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We get into quotes from Mozi about his arguments against fatalism and Confucianism, support for meritocracy and identifying with superiors, and description of the Will of Heaven.

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0:00.0	You're about to hear a preview of Partsleexammonlife's supporter exclusive content.
0:10.5	To learn how to get the whole thing, check out Partsleexammonlife.com slash support.
0:16.9	This is the Partsleexammonlife episode 313.
0:20.2	Part 3, still discussing the motzu.
0:23.0	Should we start in the against fatalism chapter?
0:25.4	Yeah, how well did we explain that?
0:27.6	Should we say what it is by just reading from the text?
0:30.6	The advocates of fatalism say, if fate decrees that the state will be wealthy, it will be
0:36.0	wealthy.
0:37.0	If it decrees it will be poor, it will be poor.
0:39.8	If it decrees that the population will be numerous, it will be numerous, meager, meager,
0:44.2	and so on.
0:45.2	Etc.
0:46.2	Etc.
0:47.2	And the man tries to combat fade.
0:48.4	What can he do?
0:49.4	They expound such doctrines to the rulers and high officials and keep the people from pursuing
0:52.9	their tasks.
0:53.9	Hence, the fatalists are lacking in benevolence and their words must therefore be carefully
0:57.5	examined.
0:58.5	So it's an interesting way of putting it, right?
1:01.2	So it sounds a little bit like the question of free will versus determinism.
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