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6 - Conclusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2020

Richard Ned Lebow
Richard Ned Lebow
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University of Cambridge
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I return to tragedy as a necessary but insufficeint lens for policymaking and contrast the mindset that gave rise to tragedy with that of the Enlightenment and its reliance on reason. I suggest ways of combining the benefits of both prspectives.

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tragedyforeign policyethicsmodernity
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Ethics and International Relations
A Tragic Perspective
 , pp. 177 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Conclusions
  • Richard Ned Lebow, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Ethics and International Relations
  • Online publication: 10 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918763.007
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  • Conclusions
  • Richard Ned Lebow, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Ethics and International Relations
  • Online publication: 10 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918763.007
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  • Conclusions
  • Richard Ned Lebow, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Ethics and International Relations
  • Online publication: 10 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918763.007
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