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TL;DR: For example, this article argued that realism leads to an immoral international order, and argued that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must, and that realism's founding fathers were advocates of an immoral approach to statecraft.
Abstract: ‘No one loves a political realist’, Robert Gilpin once lamented. A major reason for this hostility towards realism is its sceptical view of the role of ethical norms (principled beliefs about state action) in international relations. Some critics dislike realism because they think it leads to an immoral international order. Thucydides' famous adage that the ‘strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must’ is widely interpreted as evidence that one of realism's founding fathers was an advocate of an immoral approach to statecraft. Niccolo Machiavelli's well-known advice to his Prince that it is politics that determines ethics, not vice versa, reinforces these widely-held views of realism's amorality. The fact that modern realism has been influenced by unsavoury individuals like the German theorist Carl Schmitt, whose indisputable intellectual brilliance was tainted by his overly close association with the Third Reich, leads many to see a continuing link between realpolitik and evil in the international system. Thus, Richard Ashley spoke for many when he concluded that
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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: In this article, a focus on logic just the facts is proposed, seeking Clarity Throughout Without Explanation Before Realism and Idealism Description alone, without explanation before realism and idealism.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction A Focus on Logic Just the Facts? Seeking Clarity Throughout Without Explanation Before Realism and Idealism Description Alone Notes References Index
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01 Jul 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, Finnish philosopher Sami Pihlstrom argues that the transcendental and the pragmatist traditions should converge, or at least supplement each other, instead of being regarded as rivals.
Abstract: In this powerful and original work, Finnish philosopher Sami Pihlstrom argues that the transcendental and the pragmatist traditions should converge, or at least supplement each other, instead of being regarded as rivals. According to Pihlstrom, Kant's basic transcendental project - i.e., of investigating the conditions of our ability to experience and represent structured reality - can be reconciled with a naturalist conception of the world and the place of human beings in it. He proposes a workable middle ground between extreme realism on the one hand and extreme postmodernist scepticism and relativism on the other.
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