A world without morality | John Mearsheimer, Christina Lamb, Kenneth Roth | FULL DEBATE

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John Mearsheimer, Christina Lamb and Kenneth Roth debate whether we're living in a new era of international lawlessness. Can foreign policy be moral? Watch Christina Lamb debate the new world order with Armen Sarkissian (former Amernian President of Armenia) and Bronwen Maddox (Director of Chatham House) at https://iai.tv/video/navigating-the-new-world-order?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=a-world-without-morality From the Crusades to the fight against Hitler, from US intervention in Vietnam to the Iraq war, morality has often been used to validate military campaigns and foreign policy goals. Yet Trump's emphasis on "America First" makes little attempt to hold the moral high ground and declares self-interest alone. Securing US mineral rights in Ukraine is not proposed as a moral strategy. Meanwhile, Sweden's Foreign Minister recently renounced the aim of being a "moral great power" and the UK has embraced "realism" in foreign affairs. While many warn that discarding morality leads to a world where might is right, others point to the terrors carried out in the name of morality, from the Inquisition to the Nazis, who devised moral justifications to defend their crimes. In world affairs, are we facing a new age where moral claims are abandoned in favour of self-interest? Given radically different national perspectives, are the universal claims of morality implausible? Or is a language of morality essential to constrain belligerent leaders and their wild and sometimes tyrannical fantasies? #humanrightswatch #humanrights #geopolitics #internationalrelations #gaza #ukraine #mearsheimer Famed international relations professor John Mearsheimer, former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth, and Chief Foreign Correspondent of The Sunday Times, Christina Lamb, debate a world without morality. Hosted by Mary Ann Sieghart. The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. Subscribe today! https://iai.tv/subscribe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=a-world-without-morality 00:00 Introduction 03:27 John Mearsheimer pitch 07:02 Kenneth Roth pitch 09:18 Christina Lamb pitch 15:30 Is there a universal morality on which countries base their decisions? 30:58 Is the US in an era of national self-interest? For debates and talks: https://iai.tv For articles: https://iai.tv/articles For courses: https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses