Political Morality

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The paper is composed of two essays. The first essay deals with the constructivist international theory. The paper argues that this is a morally relativist theory that can be connected with other theories. The second essay uses constructivism to explain the genocide in Rwanda.

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"There is no single universal political morality theory. Instead, there is a range of political morality theories that determine political morality based on a number of philosophical, political, economic and social factors. One of the more popular political morality theories is the Constructivist international theory. According to Robert C. DiPrizio in the "Introduction" to Armed Humanitarians, "Although this approach is still in its formative stages, its core concern is the role of ideas, norms, vales in world politics. Ideas both constrain and shape behaviour. They have constitutive, not just regulative, effects (DiPrizio 2002: 19)." Essentially this means that ideas and norms have political power."

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