Gratian and Mengzi: Pioneer Works in the Christian and Confucian Just War Traditions

In this essay, I compare two pioneer thinkers of the “just war” tradition across cultures: Gratian in the Christian tradition, and Mengzi (Mencius) in the Confucian tradition. I examine their historical-cultural contexts and the need for both to discuss just war, introduce the nature of their treati...

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Main Author: Lo, Ping-cheung (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2020]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 689-729
Further subjects:B Canon Law
B presumption against war
B Mengzi (Mencius)
B presumption against injustice
B Gratian
B Just War
B Virtue Ethics
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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