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“If everyone refrains from sacrificing even a single hair on their own head and if everyone refrains from benefiting the world, the world will be in order.”—Yang Zhu (d.360 BC) #楊朱
Q: Is this not Milton Friedman’s doctrine?
Q: Is this not Milton Friedman’s doctrine?
Discussion: It occurs to me how similar this Warring States philosophy is to the current philosophy of liberalism, especially Friedman’s neoliberalism. They are all extremist doctrines of selfishness which deny responsibility to, or even recognition of, civilization. /2
As Friedman famously said “There is one and only one social responsibility of business: to increase its profits.”
In his philosophy, if everyone pursues their own greed an “invisible hand” will magically bring the world into order. This is indeed Yang Zhu’s same doctrine! /3
In his philosophy, if everyone pursues their own greed an “invisible hand” will magically bring the world into order. This is indeed Yang Zhu’s same doctrine! /3
