Morality and Foreign Policy (P)

by Kenneth W. Thompson

Book Overview

Kenneth W. Thompson admits that moral pronouncements and human conduct are often widely separated, particularly in international events. In order to balance harmony and disharmony, world and self-interests, nations observe moral principles less rigidly than do smaller communities. To understand how the separation between pronouncements and conduct widens in matters of foreign policy, Thompson candidly faces such issues as the harsh decisions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807110078
• ISBN13: 9780807110072
• Release Date: February 1982
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 197 Pages