Chinese just war ethics : origin, development, and dissent /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Luo, Bingxiang (Editor), Twiss, Sumner B. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Series:	War, conflict and ethics.
Subjects:	Just war doctrine > Case studies. Military ethics > China > History > To 1500. Philosophy, Chinese > 221 B.C.-960 A.D. War (Philosophy) > History > To 1500.

Table of Contents:

Varieties of statecraft and warfare ethics in early China: an overview / Ping-Cheung Lo
The Art of War corpus and Chinese just war ethics past and present / Ping-Cheung Lo
Warfare ethics in Sunzi's Art of War? Historical controversies and contemporary perspectives / Ping-Cheung Lo
The classical Confucian position on the legitimate use of military force / Sumner B. Twiss and Jonathan K.L Chan
Classical Confucianism, punitive expeditions, and humanitarian intervention / Sumner B. Twiss and Jonathan K.L. Chan
Xunzi's moral analysis of war and some of its contemporary implications / Aaron Stalnaker
Wang Yang-ming's ethics of war / Sumner B. Twiss and Jonathan K.L. Chan
"Weapons are nothing but ominous instruments": the Daodejing's view on war and peace / Ellen Y. Zhang
Zheng as zheng? A Daoist challenge to punitive expeditions / Ellen Y. Zhang
Mohist arguments on war / Hui-Chieh Loy
Legalism and offensive realism in the Chinese court debate on defending national security 81 BCE / Ping-Cheung Lo.