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Single Idea 23396
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
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Full Idea
It is those who are partial in their dealings with others who are the real cause of all the great harms in the world. That is why our teacher Mozi says 'I condemn partiality'.
Gist of Idea
Mozi condemns partiality, which is the cause of all the great harms in the world
Source
Mozi (The Mozi [c.440 BCE], 16), quoted by Bryan van Norden - Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy 4.II
Book Ref
Norden,Bryan van: 'Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy' [Hackett 2011], p.53
A Reaction
This is morality as the rule of law, rather than as the result of human affections. He is on the same wavelength as Kant. Mozi was criticising Confucius, who favoured family over strangers.
The
22 ideas
with the same theme
[seeing rules for action as universal guidelines]:
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23396
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Mozi condemns partiality, which is the cause of all the great harms in the world
[Mozi]
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23397
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Those who are against impartiality still prefer impartial protectors
[Mozi]
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6031
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The essence of propriety is consistency
[Cicero]
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4853
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Rational people are self-interested, but also desire the same goods for other people
[Spinoza]
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4858
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A rational person will want others to have the goods he seeks for himself
[Spinoza]
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8026
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Almost any precept can be consistently universalized
[MacIntyre on Kant]
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6185
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No one would lend money unless a universal law made it secure, even after death
[Kant]
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6187
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Universality determines the will, and hence extends self-love into altruism
[Kant]
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8029
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You can't have a morality which is supplied by the individual, but is also genuinely universal
[Hegel, by MacIntyre]
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20763
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else
[Sartre]
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2710
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Moral judgements must invoke some sort of principle
[Hare]
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22409
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We don't have a duty to ensure that others do their duty
[Williams,B]
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4122
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If the self becomes completely impartial, it no longer has enough identity to worry about its interests
[Williams,B]
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4121
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Why should I think of myself as both the legislator and the citizen who follows the laws?
[Williams,B]
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21051
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Check your rationality by thinking of your opinion pronounced by the supreme court
[Rawls]
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6446
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In ethics we abstract from our identity, but not from our humanity
[Nagel]
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3282
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The general form of moral reasoning is putting yourself in other people's shoes
[Nagel]
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3294
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As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view
[Nagel]
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3254
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If we can decide how to live after stepping outside of ourselves, we have the basis of a moral theory
[Nagel]
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3264
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We should see others' viewpoints, but not lose touch with our own values
[Nagel]
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4285
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As soon as we drop self-interest and judge impartially, we find ourselves agreeing about conflicts
[Scruton]
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15674
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One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation
[Finlayson]
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