Naslov
Nye's concept of smart power and normativity

Autori
Mladić, Damir ; Ogrinšak, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Ethics-Society-Politics. Papers of the 35th International Wittgenstein Symposium / Weiss, Martin G. ; Greif, Hajo - Kirchberg am Wechsel : Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (ALWS), 2012, 225-226

Skup
35th International Wittgenstein Symposium

Mjesto i datum
Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austrija, 05.08.2012. - 11.08.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
smart power, normativity, Nye

Sažetak
Nye claims that smart power is a normative concept. Au- thors of this article claim that the concept of smart power suffers from what we call the paradox of normativity. This paradox can be described as a normativity that does not offer any kind of normative standards or does not answer the question “what should we do”. The authors prove that the concept of smart power per se is not a normative concept because it does not provide us with any kind of norms except the norm of instrumental rationality ; instead it can be defined entirely in descriptive terms as the most effective ways to use our power in order to achieve what we want. The concept of smart power answers the ques- tion what we can do, but not the question what we should do or how we should use power.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Filozofija

POVEZANOST RADA