The Morals of Power Politics or Better in the West

Hartmut Kliemt

Rivista di Politica Economica, 2004, vol. 94, issue 4, 159-

Abstract: The taming of power, the establishment of individual rights and rule of law in domestic affairs are the greatest achievements of the West. But it is not clear whether the West can survive in the international Hobbesian power game if its public opinion conceives power generally as an evil to be controlled rather than as a good to be acquired. This paper discusses prospects for a "civil religion" in which the western citizens might coherently embed their ideals of internal restraint of discretionary power along with a support of potentially unrestrained power politics in external action.

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Date: 2004
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