Mohism
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- Paramilitaries
- Overview
- Caring and impartiality
- Consequentialism
- Society
- Meritocratic government
- Supernatural forces
- Against fatalism
- Against ostentation
- School of Names
- Mathematics
- Decline
- Modern perspectives
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300px|thumb|Birthplaces of notable Chinese philosophers from the Hundred Schools of Thought in the [[Zhou dynasty. Philosophers of Mohism are marked by triangles in blue.]]
Mohism or Moism (, ) 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 (), embodied in an eponymous book: the Mozi. Among its major ethical tenets were altruism and a universal, unbiased respect and concern for all people, emanating from the supreme deity tian, stressing the virtues of austerity and utilitarianism. Illuminating its original doctrine, later Mohist logicians were pivotal in the development of Chinese philosophy.