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"Might makes right" nghĩa là gì?
30 Sep, 2020
"Might makes right" có might là sức mạnh, right là quyền -> cụm từ này nghĩa là lẽ phải/ưu thế luôn thuộc về kẻ mạnh hơn.
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Wouldn’t the GOP rather have had a battle about something other than the notion (khái niệm) that might makes right — and, at the same time, forced Democrats into making uncomfortable votes against elevating a woman to the nation’s high court?
While others choose to undercut multilateralism (chủ nghĩa đa phương), our organizations should ensure that our trading systems, prosperity and security are governed by rules and based on international agreements—not on the idea that “might makes right.”
If you had to sum up Douglas' argument (bàn luận) in one phrase, it was that MIGHT makes right. That whatever the strongest political group defined (định nghĩa) as RIGHT was, in fact, just.
The promise (and premise (lập luận)) of international law is that of a global order based on principles, rationality and the peaceful resolution of disputes. International law insulates (bảo vệ) us from raw (bất lương) power, brute (tàn bạo) force, and the crude but simple — and often compelling — conclusion that might makes right.
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