Xunzi on the Role of the Military in a Well-Ordered State

Chapter 15 of the Xunzi stands as the most comprehensive account of the early Confucian analysis of warfare. Unlike a range of other early, non-Confucian discussions on warfare, particular strategies and tactics are taken to be of secondary importance. Thus, Xunzi refuses to discuss practical military strategy without framing it within a much broader ethical, social, and political context. On his account, a well-ordered, flourishing state necessarily rests upon a particular set of rituals and social norms in which people can cultivate themselves morally. Such a state has nothing to fear from any enemy, no matter how tactically sophisticated or militarily skilled. To many, such a view seems overly optimistic. However, given that Xunzi is anything but Pollyannaish in other parts of the text and is quite pessimistic about human nature in general, it behooves us to dig a bit more deeply into his ideas about military affairs and examine whether they can be understood in a more plausible light. This article provides a reading of Xunzi’s views on military affairs that is internally consistent and corresponds with Xunzi’s broader ethical and political views, while also showing why someone of Xunzi’s obvious intellectual acumen might hold such a view.     

胡锦涛生态反腐思想述论

反腐败是关系党的生死存亡的重大课题,胡锦涛从政治生态学的视角出发阐明了小康社会政治生态下腐败现象的特征、成因和危害,并从重构反腐生态链着眼为反腐败提供了路径选择。胡锦涛的生态反腐思想具有重大的理论意义和实践价值。     

我国西部矿产资源可持续发展利用研究

我国西部矿产资源丰富,矿产资源开发利用中存在的问题,提出了西部矿产资源可持续开发利用的正确途径.     

A NEW STANDARD FOR PREEMPTIVE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST WMD THREATS

International law clearly requires an imminent threat of attack as a justification for the preemptive use of military force. However, the standard definition of an imminent threat was derived centuries before the development of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic missiles and other delivery systems that can reach their targets in a matter of minutes. Any use of force to alleviate threats posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD) prior to tactical warning of the actual launch of such weapons falls into the legally and ethically controversial category of “anticipatory self-defense,” leaving decision makers potentially liable to prosecution for war crimes. Effective and ethical enforcement of nonproliferation therefore demands a standard for imminence of threat broad enough to allow military action as a last resort but sufficiently restrictive to prohibit indiscriminate action against suspected WMD programs. Following a critical review of selected literature and cases on preemption, the author proposes a new standard for preemptive military action: the existence of operational WMD, or a clandestine program to develop WMD, in contravention of international law. The author discusses the implications of this new proposed standard, which at the time of writing would permit preemptive attack against WMD-armed terrorist groups but prohibit it against all states except Iran and possibly North Korea.     

军队生态营区评价指标体系构建

论述了军队生态营区的概念和建设目标,探讨了营区生态环境质量的评价方 法。针对现状,基于调研,建立了生态营区评价指标体系和评价模型,提出了具体的评估办 法。旨在通过对营区生态系统科学、客观、完整的评价,探讨营区生态系统结构、功能及其动 态变化,找出营区生态系统存在的问题,为做好营区规划和对现有生态环境受到损害的营区 进行恢复与重建,提供科学依据。     

类型学语境下的屋顶生态技术

作为建筑顶部的围护结构,屋顶是室外自然环境与室内进行能量交换的重要途径,也是影响建筑能耗的主要因素之一。通过引入类型学的研究方法,提出将自然能量的交换作为屋顶生态技术的原型,挖掘出"阻止"、"过滤"和"导入"3种技术类型。结合具体工程案例,对3种技术类型的创新性策略进行深入分析与探讨,归纳总结得出较系统和完整的技术类型结论,从而为绿色建筑设计与技术选择提供参考。     

雨水回收利用生态工程——南京政治学院西校区项目实例研究

为提高雨水资源利用效率,建立节约型生态校园,结合南京政治学院西校区雨水回收利用生态工程应用实例,对校区所在地的自然环境、降雨特征进行了调查和分析,并根据校区建设规划和使用需求,对西校区的水量平衡进行了计算,确定了雨水收集总量和模式,设计了雨水循环净化工艺,使回收雨水达到中水水质标准。该雨水回收利用生态工程的应用,在节约水资源的同时,既能满足校区绿化浇灌、道路及广场清洗等需要,又降低污染、改善生态环境,取得了较好的经济、环境与社会效益。     

What Sticks? The Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Course in Military Ethics and its Perceived Outcomes

Ethics training has become a common phenomenon in the training of military professionals at all levels. However, the perceived outcomes of this training remain open. In this article, we analyze the experiences of course participants who were interviewed 6–12 months after they had participated in a train-the-trainer course in military ethics developed by the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy. Through qualitative inductive analysis, it is shown how participants evaluate the training, how they perceive the development of their moral competence, and how they see the impact of the training on their own training practice.     

生态润滑剂：可持续发展的必然选择

在介绍润滑剂对环境和健康危害的基础上阐明了发展生态润滑剂的重要性,指出改善矿物润滑剂生态效能、发展环境友好润滑剂是当前发展生态润滑剂的两个根本途径,必须加快矿物润滑剂的生态化进程,大力发展环境友好润滑剂,重视润滑剂的生态设计。     

用环境伦理思想指导兵团经济可持续发展

工业文明在给人类带来物质繁荣的同时,又把人类引入了难以克服的自然、社会、环境灾难中,可持续发展应运而生.继承科技进步和生产力发展的文明成果,顺应世界经济一体化和西部开发的历史潮流,发挥兵团的制度和地域优势,用可持续发展战略推动兵团经济跨越式发展,理应成为兵团迎接西部开发的基本原则.