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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Mozi and W.H. Newton-Smith

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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

23395	Mohists desire wealth, population and social order as the best consequences [Mozi, by Norden]
	Full Idea: The consequentialist Mohists give a fairly objective characterisation of benefits as wealth, populousness, and social order, and harm as poverty, depopulation, and social chaos.
	From: report of Mozi (The Mozi [c.440 BCE]) by Bryan van Norden - Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy 4.I
	A reaction: That is a formula favoured by many authoritarian leaders in modern times.