If killing one man is unrighteous and a capital offence, then by the same logic killing ten is tenfold unrighteous and ten capital offences; killing a hundred is a hundredfold unrighteous and a hundred capital offences.
殺一人謂之不義、必有一死罪矣。若以此説往、殺十人十重不義、必有十死罪矣。殺百人百重不義、必有百死罪矣。
Philosophers
Mozi
Founder of Mohism in Warring States China (c. 470-390 BCE). Impartial care (jian ai) and non-aggression (fei gong) made Mohism the chief rival of Confucianism. Mohists also pioneered Chinese logic and engineering.
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