Morgenthau Six principles of political realism File by https://padlet.com/shannon_jackowski/f6r50w90r9v0 Shannon, Zoe, & Niamh en-us 2017-01-24 15:47:01 UTC 2025-09-24 08:01:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Objective Laws shannon_jackowski https://padlet.com/shannon_jackowski/f6r50w90r9v0/wish/149094885 The roots of the laws of politics come from Human Nature. 
Novelty is not necessarily a virtue, moreover the fact that a theory was developed hundreds of years ago does not render it obsolete.
A political theory must be subjected to the test of reason and experience. 
For realists theory consists of ascertaining fact]]> 2017-01-24 17:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shannon_jackowski/f6r50w90r9v0/wish/149094885 2. Interest shannon_jackowski https://padlet.com/shannon_jackowski/f6r50w90r9v0/wish/149096775 Realism manouvers through international politics through the idea of interest defined in terms of power. 
Links reason with facts.
Politics is autonomous, separate from economics, ethics, aesthetics, and religion. 
Assumes a stateswoman will think and act in terms of her own interest.

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