POL S 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Liberal Democracy, The Washington Center

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Morality is a function of society and international politics is an anarchy, no justice in the state of nature. Yes, moral choice exists: rarely is state competition so intense that state survival is at jeopardy. Balance of power might explain why the athenians were able to crush the. Malians but the malians didn"t have to behave the way they did and the athenians didn"t either, they had choices. Balance of power explains what happened but not how it happened. Difference between individuals and leaders of groups: individuals think of the present morality while the leaders are concerned more of the future. B. anarchy limits moral choice: realists would stress this. All complicate a state"s ability to be moral. C. anarchy increases opportunity for immoral choice: states do what they want, even liberal democracies behave this way. D. limited by different views of morality: different cultures impact the way they see morality.

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