Beware of false prophets: Biology, human nature and the future of International Relations theory

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The possibilities and the problems that might be encountered due to the mainstream International Relations (IR) theorists increasingly turning to the biological sciences for inspiration and intellectual legitimacy are explored. A variety of political and theoretical reasons are presented to the IR scholars so that they can be wary of using biological sciences to provide universalistic accounts of human behavioral patterns.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Political Science, Political sociology

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Normative theory and Europe

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The transition from explanatory theory to normative political theory with reference to the EU is discussed and the context and nature of theoretical work is also studied. The difficulties encountered while applying an approach to public justification associated with the philosopher John Rawls to international institutions are noted.

International politics, European Union, Internationalism

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International political theory and the question of justice

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The objective of the international theorist is to find logic and consistency among ideas about justice at the international level. When justice is linked to compulsion and law, the gap between just war theory and theories of international distributive justice can be bridged.

Distributive justice

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