Chinese Just War Ethics: Origin, Development, and Dissent

ISBN-13: 9781138729216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str.

Ping-Cheung Lo; Sumner B. Twiss

Opis

This book offers an in-depth examination of the ethics of warfare in traditional China and their contemporary implications.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Varieties of Statecraft and Warfare Ethics in Early China: An Overview, Ping-cheung Lo  Part I: The Military Tradition 2. The Art of War Corpus and Chinese Just War Ethics Past and Present, Ping-cheung Lo 3. Warfare Ethics in Sunzi’s Art of War? Historical Controversies and Contemporary Perspectives, Ping-cheung Lo  Part II: The Confucian Tradition 4. The Classical Confucian Position on the Legitimate Use of Military Force, Sumner B. Twiss & Jonathan K. L. Chan 5. Classical Confucianism, Punitive Expeditions, and Humanitarian Intervention, Sumner B. Twiss & Jonathan K. L. Chan 6. Xunzi’s Moral Analysis of War and Some of Its Contemporary Implications, Aaron Stalnaker 7. Wang Yang-ming's Ethics of War, Sumner B. Twiss & Jonathan K. L. Chan  Part III: The Daoist and Legalist Traditions 8. "Weapons Are Nothing but Ominous Instruments": The Daodejing’s View on War and Peace, Ellen Y. Zhang 9. Zheng (Punitive Expeditions) as Zheng (Corrective Actions): A Daoist Challenge to Punitive Expeditions, Ellen Y. Zhang 10. Mohist Arguments on War, Hui-chieh Loy 11. Legalism and Offensive Realism in the Chinese Court Debate on Defending National Security 81 BCE, , Ping-cheung. Lo