In defense of international order: Grotius's critique of Machiavellism.(Hugo Grotius)(Critical essay)

From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

HUGO GROTIUS (1583-1645), Huigh de Groot in Dutch, lived during turbulent times in which politics mixed with religion. The emerging sovereign and mutually independent states of Europe were incessantly fighting over territorial, dynastic, and commercial matters, as well as over differences in religion. The Thirty Years War, arguably one of the most cruel and lawless wars in European history, broke out in 1618 as a result of religious quarrels. The sovereigns of Grotius's time did not consider themselves bound by international agreements, and they were rather unscrupulous in ...

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