Ideas from 'The Mozi' by Mozi [440 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2nd ed)' (ed/tr Ivanhoe,P/Van Norden B.) [Hackett 2005,978-0-87220-780-6]].
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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Mohists desire wealth, population and social order as the best consequences [Norden]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule
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If people regarded other states as they did their own, they would never attack them
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
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Mozi condemns partiality, which is the cause of all the great harms in the world
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Those who are against impartiality still prefer impartial protectors
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