 In response, the “Lesser Selection” contends that the critics are mistaken to claim that killing robbers is killing people and caring about robbers is caring about people. In the Mohists’ view, these are in fact cases of the kind “this but not so”: robbers are people, but killing robbers is not killing people, and caring about robbers is not caring about people. The “Lesser Selection” employs paralleling (móu 侔) to give the following explanation of the Mohist stance: 