Kant's Foedus Pacificum: Path to Peace or Prolegomena to Neoliberalism and Authoritarian Corporatist Globalization in Contemporary Liberal Democratic States?

• Autorzy: Terence M. Garrett
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Immanuel Kant's language and concept of foedus pacificum (league of peace) combined with his call for a spirit of trade promised a prescription for world peace-"seeking to end all wars forever." Nation-state level cooperation between liberal democracies has borne out Kant's analysis to some effect. A consequence of the twin pursuits of foedus pacificum and spirit of trade has ironically resulted in the exploitation of society. Today's international corporations adversely affect public policies ostensibly designed to protect citizens through an anti-democratic market-based ideology within the State-as seen through the lenses of Foucauldi-an post-structural theory and Debord's society of the spectacle. The author pro-poses that globalist-corporatist control of governing apparatuses is now exposed for its authoritarian tendencies. This action could result in the ultimate destruction of the representative democratic state with the onset of neoliberalism and authori-tarianism. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Philosophical thought; Socio-political system; Neoliberalism; Capitalism

PL

Poglądy filozoficzne; Ustrój społeczno-polityczny; Neoliberalizm; Kapitalizm

• Czasopismo: Annales : etyka w życiu gospodarczym
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 23
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 7--20

Twórcy

autor

Terence M. Garrett

• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.18778/1899-2226.23.2.01