Mo Tzu Against Offensive Warfare Analysis

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n Mo Tzu's , "Against Offensive Warfare", he discusses how the world perceives what activities are righteous and activities are unrighteous . Stating that the acts of stealing, break ins, and murder by one individual is considered unrighteous and should be punished, but when a state commits an "offensive warfare against other states, (they) call it righteous"(477) and are free from punishment. This means on a higher status of society, you could get away from murder. Does this mean the state could get away with anything they desire to do, even if it might hurt it's own

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