RS 223 - Chris Fraser on "The Mohists, ancient China's philosopher warriors"
Release date: December 16th, 2018
Chris Fraser (Photo: Chan Kang 詹康)
Not enough people know about the Mohists, a strikingly modern group of Chinese philosophers active in 479–221 BCE. This episode features Chris Fraser, expert on Mohism and professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. Chris and Julia discuss how the Mohists put their philosophy into practice and got Chinese leaders to hold off on starting wars; how their philosophy was similar to and different from modern consequentialism; why their movement died out, and what modern groups like Effective Altruists can learn from their story.
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Edited by Brent Silk
Music by Miracles of Modern Science
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