HPC 29. Ghost Writers: the Mohists on Religion

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  HPC 33. Let Us Count the Ways: What is Daoism?

  29/06/2025

  18:14

  What does “Daoism” refer to in a range of contexts, and how have excavated texts changed our understanding of the tensions between Daoism and Confucianism?
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  HPC 32. Chris Fraser on Mohism

  15/06/2025

  35:15

  We conclude our series on Mohism with an interview that looks at the Mohists' dialectic and its relationship to their ethics. 
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  HPC 31. Push and Pull: Mohist Dialectic

  01/06/2025

  22:48

  Later Mohists explained in the Canons how to provide compelling philosophical arguments, and how to avoid mistakes in argumentation. Does this count as “logic”?
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  HPC 30. Horse of a Different Color: the Mohists on Language and Knowledge

  18/05/2025

  22:40

  What Mohist dialectics and Gongsun Long’s “White Horse Not Horse” argument tell us about the connection between language and knowledge.
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  HPC 29. Ghost Writers: the Mohists on Religion

  04/05/2025

  18:31

  Did Mozi tell people that ghosts exist and that we can change our fate because he thought these things are true, or because it would be beneficial for people to believe them?
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  HPC 28. Ting Mien Lee on Mohism and Confucianism

  20/04/2025

  29:55

  An interview on the contrasting views of Mohists and Confucians on ethical duties and warfare.
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  HPC 27. Give Peace a Chance: the Mohists on War and Politics

  06/04/2025

  19:13

  How the Mohist principle of “inclusive care” leads to political order and (mostly) forbids the fighting of wars.
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  HPC 26. Culture Wars: Mohist and Confucian Debates

  23/03/2025

  18:38

  Disagreements between the Mohists and the Confucians: is seeking benefits the right way to approach life? What motivates us to act morally, care for our loved ones or a doctrine of impartiality?
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  HPC 25. Benefit, Then Stop: Mohism and Impartial Care

  09/03/2025

  20:34

  How did the Mohists establish their consequentialist ethic of “impartial care (jian ’ai)”? Was this theory ultimately grounded in the will of Heaven?
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  HPC 24. Measuring Up: Mohist philosophy

  23/02/2025

  20:19

  An introduction to the Mozi, the founding text of an anti-elitist school of thought that tests social and political practices by the measure of “benefit.”