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Idealism and Realism in International Law and Relations:
Submitted To: Sir Bilal
Subject Name: International Communication
From:
Sahrish Kausar
Mass Communication BS (Hons)
Smester 3rd
GC University Faisalabad
International Relations Paradigms
• Paradigm
– An intellectual framework that structures one’s thinking about a set of phenomena – A “cognitive map” that helps to organize reality and to make sense out of a multitude of events – Different paradigms offer different models of reality or views of the world – Different paradigms have the effect of focusing attention toward some things and away from others
Idealist
As early as the 14th Century the Italian poet Dante wrote of the “universality of man” and envisioned a unified world state Immanuel Kant argued that doing good was an end unto itself rather than a means to some other end • Hope to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation among nations • Focus attention on legal-formal aspects of international relations, such as international law and international organizations • Also focus on moral concerns such as human rights
Woodrow Wilson
• US President Woodrow Wilson had formative experiences that influenced his idealist world view • He was born in Virginia in 1856 and had seen the destruction of the Civil War • He was the son of a Presbyterian minister and was devoutly religious • He was an intellectual, graduating from Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) and the University of Virginia Law School and then earning a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University • He had an academic career as a professor of political science and president of Princeton • As president, Wilson championed socially conscious legislation that lowered tariffs, graduated the Federal income tax, created a more elastic money
Idealism and Realism in International Law and Relations:
Submitted To: Sir Bilal
Subject Name: International Communication
From:
Sahrish Kausar
Mass Communication BS (Hons)
Smester 3rd
GC University Faisalabad
International Relations Paradigms
• Paradigm
– An intellectual framework that structures one’s thinking about a set of phenomena – A “cognitive map” that helps to organize reality and to make sense out of a multitude of events – Different paradigms offer different models of reality or views of the world – Different paradigms have the effect of focusing attention toward some things and away from others
Idealist
As early as the 14th Century the Italian poet Dante wrote of the “universality of man” and envisioned a unified world state Immanuel Kant argued that doing good was an end unto itself rather than a means to some other end • Hope to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation among nations • Focus attention on legal-formal aspects of international relations, such as international law and international organizations • Also focus on moral concerns such as human rights
Woodrow Wilson
• US President Woodrow Wilson had formative experiences that influenced his idealist world view • He was born in Virginia in 1856 and had seen the destruction of the Civil War • He was the son of a Presbyterian minister and was devoutly religious • He was an intellectual, graduating from Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) and the University of Virginia Law School and then earning a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University • He had an academic career as a professor of political science and president of Princeton • As president, Wilson championed socially conscious legislation that lowered tariffs, graduated the Federal income tax, created a more elastic money