Mo Tzu: The Ethics Of Offensive War

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Mo Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher that preached universal love. One thing Mo Tzu preached was the ethics of offensive war. The ethics of offensive war are that men are unrighteous, because they attack an enemy before they are attacked. Morally justifiable reasons for offensive war are if another nation has nuclear weapons and are going to kill others with them. They must use offensive war to stop them from killing many people. Another example is if a country is performing genocide. They must use offensive war, because that is what is morally correct to do. Sun Tzu was also a major ancient Chinese philosopher that said that the commander must know the enemy and himself. This means that commanders must attack the enemy’s strategy, capture

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