HPC 30. Horse of a Different Color: the Mohists on Language and Knowledge
The Mohists to get their words right: what Mohist dialectics and Gongsun Long’s “White Horse Not...
22:40
HPC 29. Ghost Writers: the Mohists on Religion
Did Mozi tell people that ghosts exist and that we can change our fate because he thought these...
18:31
HPC 28. Ting Mien Lee on Mohism and Confucianism
An interview on the contrasting views of Mohists and Confucians on ethical duties and warfare.
29:55
HPC 27. Give Peace a Chance: the Mohists on War and Politics
How the Mohist principle of “inclusive care” leads to political order and (mostly) forbids the...
19:13
HPC 26. Culture Wars: Mohist and Confucian Debates
Disagreements between the Mohists and the Confucians: is seeking benefits the right way to...
18:38
HPC 25. Benefit, Then Stop: Mohism and Impartial Care
How did the Mohists establish their consequentialist ethic of “impartial care (jian ’ai)”? Was...
20:34
HPC 24. Measuring Up: Mohist philosophy
An introduction to the Mozi, the founding text of an anti-elitist school of thought that tests...
20:19
HPC. 23 Amy Olberding on Confucian Ethics
In our final episode on classical Confucianism, our interview guest tells us about the surprising...
35:24
HPC 22. Inside Job: Women in Confucianism
Can classical Confucianism be redeemed from its reputation for rigidly hierarchical thinking when...
18:18
HPC 21. Sor-Hoon Tan on Confucian Democracy
Can classical Confucian ideas be adapted to produce a theory of democracy fit for today's world?
38:34
HPC 20. Heaven Can Wait: Ritual and Religion in Confucianism
Were Confucian ideas about Heaven, ritual, and fate driven by a religious attitude, or a...
19:38
HPC 19. The Kingly Way: Confucian Political Philosophy
Mengzi and Xunzi show that a Confucian political theory need not be idealistic.
20:30
HPC 19. Erica Brindley on Music and the Cosmos in Confucianism
An interview about the "resonant cosmos" in early Confucianism, and the role played by...
29:42
HPC 17. Knowing Me, Knowing You: Confucian Epistemology
The role of knowing in Confucian ethics: should it be understood as “knowing how,” or even...
18:24
HPC 16. To Become or Not to Become: the Confucians on Our Moral Natures
Morality is what makes us humans, for the Confucians. But does morality come from inside us,...
24:01
HPC 015. Flexing Your Moral Muscles: Xunzi on Moral Cultivation
Xunzi, a thinker who shaped the course of Confucian philosophy by showing how deliberate effort...
22:00
HPC 014. Every Man for Himself: Virtue and the Body
Several ancient Chinese texts speak of an egoist and hedonist known as Yang Zhu: did he pose a...
21:18
HPC 013. The Trembling Ox: Mengzi and the Comionate Heart
In the Mengzi, the text that bears his name, Mengzi ("Mencius") holds that the human...
22:29
HPC 12. Gentlemen’s Agreement: Confucian Virtue Ethics
Should the remarkable parallels between Aristotelian and Confucian ethics lead us to classify...
26:18
HPC 011. Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Early Confucianism
In this interview, we learn how Kongzi become the pivotal sage of early Chinese history, and what...
32:16
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