Escape From Machiavellianism?: Thomist Themes in Twentieth Century Political Realism
Political realism is often seen as vulnerable to the "Machiavellian temptation," that is, to the bracketing out of moral principles in the conduct of statecraft. In this article, I explore the use of Thomist themes in the writings of Martin Wight (1913-1972), a seminal figure of the so-cal...
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