Hugo Grotius

and 20th century. As illustrated in the book, there was a new wave of racism, sexism, xenophobic and nationalist discrimination. The rights of humans in society are one of the most important distinctions that Hunt makes. Dutch Calvinist jurist, Hugo Grotius defined “natural rights” of human rights in society as something “self-possessed and conceivable separately from God’s will. People could use their rights – unaided by religion – to establish the contractual…

language rather than Latin. He called for the development of logical thinking and lifelong learning as opposed to other techniques such as memorization by rote. He called or education to be given to impoverished children and women (Frängsmyr, 1995). Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) he was a Dutchman who played a key role in laying the international concept the natural law. He is recorded among the pioneers who engineered the idea of a society being governed by laws rather than use of force and…

The painting above is named ‘Laterna Magica’ painted by Paul Sandby who was an English topographical watercolorist and graphic artist in 18th century. Paul Sandby was known for his modern landscape paintings in watercolors, and was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in London. The painting describes a scene of several men and women staring at an image of a battle field created by a magic lantern, an early type of image projector, on the wall. Though this painting is not a…

States seek either power, security or both. There is no way around that, they either reach for the Democracy pedestal or keep fighting and implementing to reach that level of stability. In many instances, a country cannot reach that democracy without the power behind their military or economic components that, even then, support their military power. There is the grand idea or notion that power is the greatest resource in influencing behavior of other states in maintaining that power a state…

Thomas Hobbes has been recognized as an influential thinker who , broke the tides of traditional divine political theology, and put in place the foundations for a more secular form of political philosophy. At the time were religious pretexts were paramount to the progression of society, Hobbes’s Leviathan portrayed men as creatures whose main concern was the pursuit of self preservation . Though almost half of Leviathan is dedicated to the theological explanation of God, some may argue Gods…

THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME: IS IT REALLY EFFICACIOUS OR IS IT TIME FOR RETOOLING? “Wars, undertaken to maintain national honor, should be conducted upon the principles of moderation” – Hugo Grotius The history pertaining to the prisoner of war is as old as the history of warfare and throughout the course of such history we have always worshipped the victor and the loser is often erased from our memories. As the search for legal protection…

Normative vs. Descriptive Why Sun Tzu’s moral law could still lead to the destruction of world? The Art of War is one of the most influential military treatises in the world, it precisely details the necessary factors to win a war in just thirteen chapters, which is probably the reason that, even in contemporary history, this book is still considered as the reference or guide in the battlefield. In this way, The Art of War is undeniably a successful battle book, and Sun Tzu a talented…

Theories can help simplify the complexities of international politics. Theories help create an abstract understanding and an explanation of why and how the states behave. Realism, liberalism, and constructivism all have different perspectives of how the states should operate, but not one of those theories is more accurate than the other or explains the real world problems. I organized this paper based on the most famous theories: realism,liberalism, and constructivism along with their core…

During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…

In In Defense of War, Nigel Biggar argues that war can be a just means to correct acts of injustice taken by many countries, and that it is the duty of other countries to defend those who cannot defend themselves; just war, therefore, must be a humanitarian, defensive action. Biggar supports this thesis by first explaining the two basic principles of just war: jus ad bellum-- regarding the justice of going to war in the first place-- and in bello-- regarding justice in the course of fighting…