| Physical description |
1 online resource (321 pages) |
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War, Conflict and Ethics |
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War, conflict and ethics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgments; Notes on citation styles and Romanization; List of contributors; Introduction; 1 Varieties of statecraft and warfare ethics in early China: an overview; PART I The military strategy tradition; 2 The Art of War corpus and Chinese just war ethics past and present; 3 Warfare ethics in Sunzi's Art of War? Historical controversies and contemporary perspectives; PART II The Confucian tradition; 4 The classical Confucian position on the legitimate use of military force. |
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5 Classical Confucianism, punitive expeditions, and humanitarian intervention6 Xunzi's moral analysis of war and some of its contemporary implications; 7 Wang Yang-ming's ethics of war; PART III The Daoist, Mohist, and Legalist traditions; 8 "Weapons are nothing but ominous instruments": the Daodejing's view on war and peace; 9 Zheng (征) as zheng (正)? A Daoist challenge to punitive expeditions; 10 Mohist arguments on war; 11 Legalism and offensive realism in the Chinese court debate on defending national security 81 BCE; General index; Citation index. |
| Summary |
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of warfare ethics in early China as well as its subsequent development. Chinese attitudes toward war are rich and nuanced, ranging across amoral realism, defensive just war, humanitarian intervention, and mournful skepticism. Covering the five major intellectual traditions in the ""golden age"" of Chinese civilization: Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist, and Military Strategy schools, the book's chapters immerse readers in the proper historical contexts, examine the moral concerns in the classical texts on their own terms, reframe those concer. |
| Other author |
Twiss, Sumner B.
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| Subject |
Just war doctrine -- Case studies.
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Military ethics -- China -- History -- To 1500.
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Philosophy, Chinese -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
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War (Philosophy) -- History -- To 1500.
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Case studies |
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History |
| ISBN |
9781317580973 (electronic bk.) |
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1317580974 (electronic bk.) |
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1315740702 |
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9781315740706 |
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