Chinese Just War Ethics (eBook, PDF)

Origin, Development, and Dissent
Redaktion: Lo, Ping-Cheung; Twiss, Sumner B

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317580973
• Artikelnr.: 42887804

Autorenporträt

Ping-cheung Lo is Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is the author or editor of fifteen books. Sumner B. Twiss is Distinguished Professor of Human Rights, Ethics, and Religion at Florida State University, USA, and author or editor of seven books.

Inhaltsangabe

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