27. Give Peace a Chance: the Mohists on War and Politics
How the Mohist principle of “inclusive care” leads to political order and (mostly) forbids the fighting of wars.
Themes:
• E. Brindley, “Human Agency and the Ideal of Shang Tong (Upward Conformity) in Early Mohist Writings,” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 34 (2007), 409–25.
• C. Fraser, “The Mozi and Just War Theory in Pre-Han Thought,” Journal of Chinese Military History 5 (2016), 135–75.
• P.-C. Lo and S.B. Twiss (eds), Chinese Just War Ethics: Origin, Development, and Dissent (London: 2015).
• S. Lowe, Mo Tzu’s Religious Blueprint for a Chinese Utopia (Lewiston: 1992).
• H. Loy, “Mohist Arguments on War,” in P. Lo and S. Twiss (eds), Chinese Just War Ethics: Origin, Development, and Dissent (London: 2015), 226–48.
• J.A. Stroble, “Justification of War in Ancient China,” Asian Philosophy 8 (1998), 165–190.
• P. Van Els, “How to End Wars with Words: Three Argumentative Strategies by Mozi and His Followers,” in C. Defoort and N. Standaert (eds), The Mozi as an Evolving Text: Different Voices in Early Chinese Thought (Leiden: 2013), 69-94.
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