[PDF] The Morality Of Nations eBook

Author : Uriel Abulof
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1316368750

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Standing at the edge of life's abyss, we seek meaningful order. We commonly find this 'symbolic immortality' in religion, civilization, state and nation. What happens, however, when the nation itself appears mortal? The Mortality and Morality of Nations seeks to answer this question, theoretically and empirically. It argues that mortality makes morality, and right makes might; the nation's sense of a looming abyss informs its quest for a higher moral ground, which, if reached, can bolster its vitality. The book investigates nationalism's promise of moral immortality and its limitations via three case studies: French Canadians, Israeli Jews, and Afrikaners. All three have been insecure about the validity of their identity or the viability of their polity, or both. They have sought partial redress in existential self-legitimation: by the nation, of the nation and for the nation's very existence.

Author : Hugh Taylor
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781020367762

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In The Morality of Nations, Hugh Taylor explores the ethical foundations of politics and global affairs. From the ancient world to contemporary times, this book offers a sweeping overview of how nations have understood and practiced morality in their relations with one another. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Cherry Bradshaw
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,55 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780754671206

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Placing the phenomenon of nationalism squarely within the continuing Enlightenment project, Cherry Bradshaw brings together political theory, history, anthropology and international relations in order to investigate both the appeal and the dangers of nationalism in contemporary world politics.

Author : C. Delisle Burns
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 23,63 MB
Release : 2015-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781330556184

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Excerpt from The Morality of Nations: An Essay on the Theory of Politics The situation during the past year will probably result in changing many of the political ideas by which we are governed: for any intense experience has a tendency to produce new intellectual schemes, or at least to shatter the cherished idols of calmer days. We require new ideas in order to control new forces and direct them as far as we can in the course of which we approve; and the need of such new ideas becomes urgent at a time which may be either one of reconstruction or of renewed evil. It has become obvious that although our political situation, both in domestic and in foreign issues, is unique and new, we have only the conceptions of our great-grandfathers with which to master it. But the tools made for simpler tasks are inadequate for the material upon which we must now use them. To deal with the modern State as though it were the iro Kig of Aristotle or the Leviathan of Hobbes is like trying to face heavy guns with a Macedonian phalanx or to pierce armour-plate with a cavaliers rapier. Our intellectual weapons are obsolete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Steven R. Ratner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 15,28 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198704046

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Offering a new interdisciplinary approach to global justice and integrating the insights of international relations and contemporary ethics, this book asks whether the core norms of international law are just by appraising them according to a standard of global justice grounded in the advancement of peace and protection of human rights.

Author : Cecil Delisle 1879-1942 Burns
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781372776434

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.