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Rationally Speaking #223 - Chris Fraser on "The Mohists, ancient China's philosopher warriors"
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The Anti-War Activities of the Maoists
Maoists have this belief system in which fatalism is bad and war is bad. One of their anti-war moves is to march around the known world and give talks, urge leaders not to undertake war. Certain bands of Maoists actually organized themselves into paramilitary groups that were devoted to defense warfare. So they think that given the ethical theories that they had docked, it's ethically right for us to attempt to improve society,. stop bad policies, promote good ones.
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