# HPC 55. More Gain, Less Pain: the Legalists on Human Nature

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Podcast: [History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-philosophy-india-africana-china-716638)
Published: 2026-06-07T04:00:00+00:00
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Did the fa-thinkers recognize that human beings natural have moral capacities or dispositions? How did they try to manipulate human nature?

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