This approach can be traced from the
traditional political philosophy where
questions of value judgments
ethical consideration (what is
good and bad) wrong and right, just and
unjust, morality” and expediency etc,
are important. Presidents Woodrow
Wilson and jimmy carter of the united
states had at their different times founded that foreign policy should not only
concentrate on what materials interest
America could benefit, but more
in promoting democracy and human rights
internationally. America has increased the amount of tax payers on
protecting these values.
During the stewardship of George Shultz, US diplomatic
pressure resulted to democratic transitions in the Philippines and South Korea
and partly dissuaded president Marcos and Chun Doohwan from the part of
repression. Questions could be asked as whether it was right for America to
handcuff Noriega from panama on drug abuse.
Was America justified in bombing the
residence of Colonel Muammar Gadaffi in Tripoli; and that of Osama Bin
Ladin in Afghanistan?
The
major point is that international relations can be conducted as philosophical
inquiry into right and wrong, moral and expedience, justice and injustice and
other value judgments. Another philosophical analysis relates to the major
ideas movements in the world and the extent to which they influenced the
development of international actors maintain, include. Liberalism, radicalism,
socialism, welfarism and Marxism linism. Thus,
we see actors using these ideas
to support free trade (as against protectionism)
liberty, equality and fraternity among
men and nations, the demand for anti-apartheid, a world free of greater world –wide
economic justice etc. consequently,
most foreign policies and
international relations behaviour have
been analyzed using the principles and assumptions of such ideas.