Kant, Kissinger, and Other Lutherans: On Ethics and International Relations

Many people alive today grew up during the so-called Cold War and even more experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Cold War can be taken as the name of the order of international relations during four decades of the twentieth century. In the following, I want first to comment on the concept of...

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Publicado no:Studies in Christian ethics
Autor principal: Andersen, Svend 1948- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Sage 2007
Em: Studies in Christian ethics
Ano: 2007, Volume: 20, Número: 1, Páginas: 13-29
Outras palavras-chave:B Realism
B Two Kingdoms
B Political Theology
B perpetual peace
B Religion And Politics
B Liberalism
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Resumo:Many people alive today grew up during the so-called Cold War and even more experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Cold War can be taken as the name of the order of international relations during four decades of the twentieth century. In the following, I want first to comment on the concept of world order and the related one of institution (law). Then I shall deal with the relation between these concepts and various schools in international politics. Next, I will pay attention to the ethical dimensions of those schools. And finally, I want to reflect on the place of theology in the ethics of international relations. My thesis is (1) that theological ethics has an important role to play in understanding contemporary international politics (IP); (2) that if theological ethics takes a Lutheran starting point, it will endorse elements both in the liberal and the realist tradition of international relations theory. As I regard Kant and Kissinger as representatives of the two schools, I hope that explains my somewhat provocative title.
ISSN:0953-9468
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946806075485