POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Intersubjectivity, Mercosur, Perpetual Peace

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 360
• Professor: T.V.Paul

Document Summary

The spread of knowledge will make it possible for everyone to reason rightly. Everyone who reasons right will always act right: kant argues wars were not in the interest of people, just leaders. He said there would not have been wars under true republics: three pillars liberal peace, democratic states, economic interdependence, international institutions. Very close to lenin"s theory that capitalism is looking for over resources combined with war machine this results in war. When capitalism moves to a higher level would be against war because it would disrupt trade: liberal imperialism machiavelli. In a liberal state we also see the increase in popular participation. These citizens are available for the state to form a large army and have soldiers that fight for the public glory. So for the state who aims to expand their territory and influence on the international stage they should free their population. Based on his experience in rome in the medieval.