Author: PAVKOVIĆ, ALEKSANDAR

Source: World Governance: Do We Need It, Is It Possible, What Could It (All) Mean?, 1 January 2010 , pp. 101-109(9)

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing in association with GSE Research

Abstract:

Advocates of the world state rightly point out that an effective world state, if it is to be created any time in the future, would introduce the rule of law on the whole of our planet. As a result, the world state would be empowered to prevent or stop any unlawful use of violence, that is, violence not properly authorized by a legitimate government. While any state-and by implication a world state-would ban unlawful violence, it is far from clear what kind of collective action, short of violent ones, a future world state would prohibit and prevent. In particular, it is not clear whether any detachment, or secession, from the world state would be explicitly prohibited by the globally enforced law. Any attempt to determine which collective action would or should be prohibited is at this stages peculative. This kind of speculation, in the present state of our disciplinary demarcations, is often the privilege of normative political or ethical theorists. This essay explores the speculations and arguments of one very influential normative theorist.

Keywords: SECESSION AS A CRIME AGAINST THE WORLD STATE

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2010-01-01

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• World Governance: Do We Need It, Is It Possible, What Could It (All) Mean?
  One of the main objections raised against world governance is not that it is impractical, but that it is unnecessary and even undesirable. There is a fear that world government would be or become tyrannical. German philosopher Immanuel Kant devised a project of "perpetual peace," but he was against a world state, advocating instead a kind of confederation of the states in the world. Finally, if a world government is indeed formed, how far should the instruments and tools of such a body reach? These and other issues have been explored in this book. Covering a wide range of disciplines - from philosophy to jurisprudence, ethics, and social science - the book explores how theorists have reflected upon the necessary components of an effective global order.
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