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“War and Ghosts in Mozi’s Political Philosophy”

Wong, Benjamin, Loy, Hui-Chieh·2004·Philosophy East and West
DOI 10.1353/pew.2004.0024
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It is argued here that Mozi's critique of warfare in the chapter "Against Offensive War" ("Fei gong") cannot be fully understood without the arguments presented in the chapter "Explaining Ghosts" ("Ming gui"). For Mozi, the problem of war can only be resolved if the existence of providential ghosts can be proven. But he indicates in his arguments concerning the existence of ghosts that it is doubtful whether such a condition can be met. Consequently, despite the apparently optimistic tenor of chapters such as "Imperial Love" ("Jian ai"), Mozi's political thought reveals an implicit understanding of the rational limits of resolving fundamental problems of injustice in the world.

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  • In the Mohist accounts, the first and most prominent condition justifying punitive wars is that all were purportedly conducted with divine sanction.

    “The first and most prominent condition justifying these punitive wars is that all were purportedly conducted with divine sanction.”

    From The Mozi and Just War Theory in Pre-Han Thought (2016) · cites this paper as Wong and Loy 2004, 354-55

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Authors
Wong, B., & Loy, H.-C.
ORCID
Venue
Philosophy East and West
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2004-07
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pages
343-363
ISSN
  • 0031-8221 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-1898
DOI
10.1353/pew.2004.0024
OpenAlex
W1980225952
Cited by
21
References
15
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1
FWCI
1.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Philosophy East and West (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
  • National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Classical Philosophy and Thought
Keywords
Mozi, ghosts, limits of justice, Mohism

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