Question

compare and constrast Yang's three schools of thought concerning ethnicty?

Answer 1

Yangism was a philosophical tools founded by Yang Zhu that believed humans actions are and should be based on self-intterest.Yangism has been described as a form of psychological and ethical egoism.The Yangist philosophers believed in the importance of maintaining self-interest through keeping one's nature intact,protecting one's uniqueness and not letting the body being tied by other things.The Yangists saw individual well-being as the prime purpose of life and considered anything that hindered that well-being immoral and unecessary.

The main focus on the Yangists was the conccept of Zing or human nature.Youngism is a direct attack on Confucionism by implying the power of the empror is a baseless and constructive and the state intervention in morally flawed,

The Confucian Philosophers Mencuis depicts Yangism as the direct opposite of Mohism which promotes the idea of universal love and impartial carring.The Yangist acted only for themselves