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Show 11S would have you et tion, the modem apprec lation? the some state.23 time keep in Wor breeds mind the nature of nationalism; can our pollticol organi.r;a it be made to cultivate Thomas recognizes the bosis for canille t; he knows the power of conditions and circumstoMG$ of facti. He has scaid: Wheneve'r ond wherever there ore two or more entities-sholl coli them states--whleh are conscious of their own end each ether·, extstenee 01 MPGfQte O'r independent entities, there wttl be Q meeting either of strife or O'f peace which will result in accepted and _captabJe relationsh.ips, which in tum, will make. for habits and ,customs O'f getting olong, which may evolve Into rule. binding as law binds. In ether words, the physical foeb develop conditions. The mechan,ism of tnterstate law happens from the ont.cedent conditIons, but the conditions, while they produce relQtiGn$ cmd customary ways of doing things, do not produce ifttemotional low. IntemotlonQ' Jaw in its modern sense cOmG$ onl'y aft·.r Q philosophic occeptQnee of the fundamental morals cI intet$tote behavior. tntematlonal low I therefore, mUit rest upon G consciously occepted standard of behoviors, (I moral responsibility to oct ethically. The enforce ment of international low must come not _ G r1 t of the foreed will of the sovereign, but as a result of on accepted attitude of morolly responsible person, or stot., restrQlned only by an ethical mottve.24 we Certainly only Q man who has both feet fvl statement, reinforced with Q on the ground would make tremendous faith in the a goodness of similarly powerman ond his capacity for realization. Thomas believed in the mission O'f America. He believed that this country has 23 f i rst of oil, I th ink we cannot afford to take the step that has been sug gested by so many, thot we assume the necessity of fighting governmental ideologies nThe and fighting governmentol ideas and forget about the existence of nations. United Stet. in World Affalra/1 Conw:essional Record, Vol. 84, p. 45, (76th Congress, 1 st Sess. Januory 9, 1939). f 24 i L ..!.!: • - |
