Lead Them With Virtue - A Confucian Alternative to War

Kurtis Hagen argues that early Confucians seek to discourage war by prescribing conditions for just war that are exceedingly difficult to meet. They encourage, instead, a long-term strategy of ameliorating unjust circumstances by leveraging the credibility and influence that stems from consistently practicing genuinely benevolent governance.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Brief Overview of Confucianism
Chapter 2: Western and Chinese Attitudes Regarding Warfare
Chapter 3: Anticipating Confucian Just War Theory
Chapter 4: Mencius on War and Humanitarian Intervention
Chapter 5: Xunzi on War and Humanitarian Intervention
Chapter 6: Mencius and Xunzi on Tyranny and Humanitarian Intervention: A Response to Twiss and Chan
Chapter 7: From Human Nature to the Clash of Civilizations
Chapter 8: Two Visions of Confucian World Order
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Kurtis Hagen is an independent scholar and former associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Product details

• Authors: Kurtis Hagen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781793639707
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-970-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Asia, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Politics and government, Philosophy of religion, Military engineering