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  2. Xunzi (philosopher) - Wikipedia

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    According to Xunzi's theory of evil human nature, morality will ultimately become a tool of external value used to maintain social stability and appeal to authoritarianism. Mencius' theory of good human nature, on the other hand, states that humans are inherently good and we have an internal value foundation (the Four Beginnings).

  3. Mohism - Wikipedia

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    Mohism or Moism (/ ˈ m oʊ ɪ z əm /, Chinese: 墨家; pinyin: Mòjiā; lit. 'School of Mo') was an ancient Chinese philosophy of ethics and logic, rational thought, and scientific technology developed by the scholars who studied under the ancient Chinese philosopher Mozi (c. 470 BC – c. 391 BC), embodied in an eponymous book: the Mozi.

  4. Family tree of Confucius in the main line of descent - Wikipedia

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    孔子世家十二府世系图 The 12 cadet branches descended from Kong Xingxie 孔兴燮; Gokbu Gong clan Branch of Confucius descendants in Korea established by Kong Shao who moved from China to Korea and married a Korean woman.

  5. Confucius - Wikipedia

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    The Confucian theory of ethics as exemplified in l ... Many of the Muslim Confucius descendants are descended from the marriage of Ma Jiaga ...

  6. Social philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Sociology of language considers communication in the context of social relations, for example speech acts or performative utterances are social actions in themselves. Other relevant issues considered by social philosophy are: The will to power; Modernism postmodernism; Cultural criticism

  7. John Rawls - Wikipedia

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    The first, A Theory of Justice, focused on distributive justice and attempted to reconcile the competing claims of the values of freedom and equality. The second, Political Liberalism , addressed the question of how citizens divided by intractable religious and philosophical disagreements could come to endorse a constitutional democratic regime.

  8. Rectification of names - Wikipedia

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    Confucius' solution to this was the "rectification of names". He gave an explanation to one of his disciples: A superior man, in regard to what he does not know, shows a cautious reserve. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

  9. Confucianism - Wikipedia

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    Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, [1] is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life. [2]