The Ethics of War in Asian Civilizations

2006-03-13 History

Author : Torkel Brekke
Release : 2006-03-13
Genre : History
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Download or read book The Ethics of War in Asian Civilizations written by Torkel Brekke. This book was released on 2006-03-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It opens a discussion about whether there are universal standards in the ideologies of warfare between the major religious traditions of the world. While the chapters are written by specialists in Asian cultures, some of the conceptual apparatus is drawn from the scholarly discourse on just war, developed in the study of the ethical tradition of Christianity. Taking a comparative approach, the book looks at six different Asian religious, philosophical and political traditions: Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, China and Japan; and is organized according to geography. This innovative approach opens a new field of research on war and ideology, and extends the debate on modern warfare, universalism and human rights.

The Ethics of War in Asian Civilizations

2006-03-13 History

Author : Torkel Brekke
Release : 2006-03-13
Genre : History
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Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective

2024-04-11 Philosophy

Author : Sumner B. Twiss
Release : 2024-04-11
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective written by Sumner B. Twiss. This book was released on 2024-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores East Asian intellectual traditions and their influence on contemporary discussions of the ethics of war and peace. Through cross-cultural comparison and dialogue between East and West, this work charts a new trajectory in the development of applied ethics. A sequel to the volume Chinese Just War Ethics, it expands the range of the earlier work and includes attention to Japan and other Eastern and Western traditions for contrastive reflection and engages with the full range of Chinese intellectual traditions for comparative analysis. The book scrutinizes pioneering works such as the Mengzi, the Han Feizi, and the Seven Military Classics, investigating their influence in subsequent times. It also engages with new texts and thinkers such as the Four Books of the Yellow Emperor, Zeng Guofan, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong, along with examining recent writings of the scholars of the People’s Liberation Army. The final section of the book identifies and discusses some emerging issues in the comparative study of military ethics, just war and peace that derive from the preceding sections. The volume editors then offer some concluding remarks at the end of the book. This book will be of much interest to students of the ethics of war and peace, just war theory, military ethics, Asian studies and International Relations in general.

Chinese Just War Ethics

2015-05-15 History

Author : Ping-Cheung Lo
Release : 2015-05-15
Genre : History
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Download or read book Chinese Just War Ethics written by Ping-Cheung Lo. This book was released on 2015-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 concerns in contemporary ethical idioms, and forge a critical dialogue between the past and the present. The volume develops fresh moral interpretations of classical texts such as The Art of War, Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi, and the Daodejing and discusses famous philosophers such as Han Fei and Wang Yang-ming, representing antithetical schools of thought about warfare. Attention is also given to the military ethics of the People’s Liberation Army, examining its thinking against the backdrop of its own civilizational context. This book will be of much interest to students of just war theory, Chinese politics, ethics, and philosophy, military studies, and International Relations in general.

Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia

2012-10-15 History

Author : Kaushik Roy
Release : 2012-10-15
Genre : History
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Download or read book Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia written by Kaushik Roy. This book was released on 2012-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the evolution of theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization, focusing on the debate between Dharmayuddha (Just War) and Kutayuddha (Unjust War) within Hindu philosophy. This debate centers around four questions: What is war? What justifies it? How should it be waged? And what are its potential repercussions?

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