![]() ![]() More “realistic” critics frequently condemn an idea or proposal as “idealistic” if it goes beyond what can safely be achieved. Often in international political discourse idealism is used as a term of disapprobation. ![]() Second, human beings have it within their power to change these arrangements for the better, perhaps radically. First, that current world political arrangements for achieving such goals are inadequate, perhaps profoundly so. At the most general level idealism refers to an approach to international politics that seeks to advance certain ideals or moral goals, for example, making the world a more peaceful or just place. ![]() It frequently means different things to different people. Those who use it often have only a vague idea of what they mean by it. Yet the term idealism is frequently used in both the theory and the practice of international politics. While many academics and practitioners have ideals and seek to realize them, a self-consciously idealist school of international thought does not exist nor has one ever existed. Likewise, no commonly accepted idealist tradition or paradigm from which to distil meaning can be found. Idealism is one of the most difficult terms in the vocabulary of international relations because no commonly accepted meaning exists for it. ![]()
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