Sovereignty's Missing Moral Imperative

Abstract:     
The following paper claims that the theoretical construct of sovereignty was not only expropriated by the Christian religion out of ancient religious beliefs – shared with them by both Jewish and Muslim traditions – but, perhaps more importantly for modern policy considerations, that it always insisted on a positive moral imperative being placed on the person or body executing it in practice.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 13

Keywords: Sovereignty, Definition of Sovereignty, Capacity, Moral Imperative, State Sovereignty, Theory of Sovereignty

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