Mozi · Philosophy
Mozi’s twin doctrine: that belief in <em>fate</em> corrodes effort and is the invention of tyrants and the excuse of the idle, and must be rejected; and that in its place stands the <em>will of Heaven</em> - not blind destiny but a purposive, impartial moral standard that rewards righteousness, the carpenter’s square by which all conduct is measured.
You learned that Mozi rejected ming (fate) because believing outcomes are fixed destroys the incentive to strive, and because fatalism serves tyrants and the lazy; and that he set against it the will of Heaven , an impartial standard that desires righteousness and rewards the diligent, likened to a craftsman’s c…
Leads to Confucius.
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