Comparative Philosophy Workshop第三讲：古典儒家思想中的开战正义理论
12月17日上午，中山大学哲学系（珠海）Comparative Philosophy Workshop第三讲，在海滨红楼13栋哲学系（珠海）办公楼106会议室顺利举行。
本次工作坊主题为The Classical Confucian Ideas of Jus ad Bellum，由我系郭峻赫教授（Jun-Hyeok Kwak）主持，主讲人为来自南开大学的曹钦教授。
曹教授的讲座关注的是古代儒家思想中关于开战正义的观念，具体的是孔子和孟子的观点，尤其是孟子关于战争的政治思想。曹教授强调孟子时期已经将开战正义的焦点从发动战争的主体身份转移到发动战争的原因和意图上，从而为革命战争和人道干涉提供可能性，正义的战争不仅仅限于自我防卫的战争。最后，通过以上的分析，曹教授认为自由主义的世界主义并不是国际关系中现实主义的唯一替代方案，中国古代儒家思想的开战正义思想在这个多元的时代可以为我们提供更多的政治想象。
之后，我系罗志达研究员对曹教授讲座中涉及的内容进行评议，并提出相关问题。我系研究员Dr.Beaumont，Dr.Roderigues、黄梦晓博士和同学们也进行了提问，展开了热烈的讨论。
最后，郭峻赫教授对曹教授的讲座内容进行了总结，并对曹教授的莅临和对哲学系（珠海）的支持表示了感谢。
Comparative Philosophy Workshop （III）:The Classical Confucian Ideas of Jus ad Bellum
On the 17th of December 20, 2016, the Department of Philsophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University hosted Associate Professor Cao Qin from Nankai University for the 3rd comparative philosophy workshop of the semester.
Professor Kwak Jun-Hyeok served as moderator and introduced Associate Professor Cao as a close associate of the Department in that he was a former colleague of Professor Chen Jianhong and had recently contributed a chapter to a book that Dr. Luis Rodrigeus was editing. Then Associate Professor Cao presented his paper “Classical Confucian Ideas of Jus ad Bellum,” which made two key claims: 1. both Confucius and Mencius hold a consequentialist view of just of war, and 2. Mencius’s theory of just of war in particular proves to lighten the burden of defending the necessity of humanitarian interventions.
Serving as a commentator, Dr. Zhida LUO posted several questions concerning the methodology of comparing Confucianist approach of just of war and its contemporary counterparts. He questioned the basic goal of the paper and asked whether it aimed to give a systematic interpretation of Confucian and Mencian views of just of war or defend a Confucianist alternative to contemporary theories of just of war. And He also questioned the applicability of Confucian ideas of sheji (社稷，the state) to modern understanding of sovereign states. Associate Professor Cao replied by emphasizing the relevance and significance of Confucian thought and its possible bearing on contemporary understanding of human right. Professor Kwak followed up by further distinguishing three types of just of war. Dr. Tim Beaumont raised questions how Confucian theory might see the tension between individual right and collective right if the status of human condition was a fundamental factor of humanitarian intervention. Dr. Luis Rodrigeus and Dr. He Bao-shen enquired what Associate Professor Cao’s position precisely was and the methodology he was practicing. Dr. Huang Mengxiao raised a broader question concerning the relation between the rule of Heaven and the rule of humanity in Confucian tradition.
Prof. Kwak concluded the workshop by emphasizing the difficulty and importance of doing comparative philosophy, especially when doing a comparison between Chinese and western philosophy. And he looked forward to seeing further development of the paper presented given fruitful and productive enchantment of thoughts on Confucian thought of Jus ad Bellem.
