Unequal and Universal:The Opposition and Unity of the Confucianism and Mohism in the View of Distributive Justice

• 作者: AI Lijuan WANG Ziyan
• 来源期刊: 哲学研究:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: distributive justice unequal love UTILITARIANISM
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 663-666
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

Among the hundred schools of scholars in the pre-Qin period,Confucianism and Mohism were prominent.From the perspective of the emotional motivation of distribution and the fact that individual love is unequal,the Confucianism believes that there is an inevitable natural and reasonable distribution gap.From the perspective of distribution results,Mohism,from the ideal inverse of overall utilitarianism,requires the group to“love without unequal”,and believes that the distribution of selfless“universal love”is reasonable.However,the Confucianism and Mohism views on distributive justice are basically the same in the following five aspects.First,equal distribution of basic means of production and livelihood;second,give priority to the elderly and other vulnerable groups in society;third,oppose extreme individualism;fourth,criticize the polarization of too large distribution gap;fifth,public power should be appropriately opened.Therefore,the view of distributive justice of Confucianism and Mohism is both opposite and unified.