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Hey all,

I'm a grad student at UChicago in International Relations and just stumbled across something in my readings that you guys might want to fight over:

"Carr's [a Realist theorist] preference for a humane and democratic governance of the international system betrays a fundamental truth. Although men desire peace, it is not their highest value. If it were, peace and peaceful change could easily be achieved; a people need only refuse to defend itself".

Do you agree or disagree and why? Are men inherently peaceful and good? If so, how can you explain what he's saying in this passage?

[/ QUOTE ]Men are inherently blank, if not blank certainly raw, and unformed.

Peace and peaceful change thru not defending oneself. How does that encourage peace? Peace is acomplished thru not attacking people. Defense or Non Defense does nothing in the equation of peace. But it is an interesting quote.