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reason of state  

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  • Reason of state (ratio status, raison d'état) denotes a way of thinking about government that emerges at the end of the fifteenth century and remains prevalent until the eighteenth century. It refers to the right of rulers to act in ways that go counter to the dictates of both natural and positive law with the aim of acquiring, preserving, and augmenting the dominion of the state. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Reason of State]

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