Abstract

For Max Weber, the process of modernization is the process of rationalization in which it includes every realm in our modern life, such as the economy, science, organization, education, and law. However, this kind of rationalization has created coercive and inhumane conditions because rationalization has converted to being instrumental (value-free) without regard to any transcendental or moral values. The inhumane paradigm has become the only fate of our world. The vision needs rational domination to be achieved through formal rational law. Modern law, along with bureaucratization, has paved the road to rational political domination. This kind of domination captures human minds and makes them small cogs who function and serve this instrumental paradigm. This paper argues that instrumental rationality implicates humans in its bloody crimes. Human beings, both officials and ordinaries, bear guilt because they have become partners in their states’ crimes.

School

School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Department

Law Department

Degree Name

LLM in International and Comparative Law

Graduation Date

Summer 8-15-2024

Submission Date

6-5-2024

First Advisor

Jason Beckett

Committee Member 1

Hani Sayed

Committee Member 2

Thomas Skouteris

Extent

76 P.

Document Type

Master's Thesis

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