Philosophy

Is Global Government Inevitable?

Global Government refers to the notion of a single common political authority for all of humanity. It refers to a worldwide association with military, executive, legislature, judiciary or constitution with jurisdiction over all the countries on planet Earth. Such an association is independent of any local government within those nations and serves as an overall entity for the planet. Mankind has motioned for global government in pursuit of world peace at least since the early 1300s. Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, was one of the first advocates for world government. In one of his famous writings The Banquet (Convivo) he argued that wars and all their causes could be eliminated if “the whole world and all that humans can possess be a monarchy, that is, one government under one ruler. Because he possesses everything, the ruler would not desire to possess anything further, and thus, he would hold kings contentedly within the borders of their kingdom and keep peace among them”. Another well-known philosopher who favored global government was Immanuel Kant. In his writings, Kant described the requirements for organizing human affairs to permanently abolish the threat of present and future wars and establishing world peace. His writings strongly suggest that he favored an ideal world state where nations lived in federation with one another while retaining their independence. His ideas didn’t particularly suggest a supranational body but it is implied that a superior body or world court will be required to oversee that the laws are followed. His views are very idealistic and his world state seems improbable. Today global government is still a debatable topic, political scientist Alexander Wendt argues in his writing “Why a World State is inevitable?” that the formation of global government is inevitable. He suggests that this process takes place in five stages:

I. The System of States

II. The Society of States

III. World...