World Justice, Socialism, and the Intellectuals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23145208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank H Knight (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 434 |
| Publication date | 1949-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The University of Chicago Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-9494 • E-ISSN: 1939-859X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1597904 |
| OpenAlex | W2472043362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
article, with a suggestion of side-glances (sideswipes?) at the papers on world government, is accepted because of the writer's conviction of the vital importance of some "fundamentals" in this area that are being rather ingeniously avoided all around.To begin with, let me note the appropriateness of juxtaposing these two themes in the same issue of a learned journal.The close connection is one of the things likely to be overlooked.It is not merely that nationalistic sentiment (or sentimental nationalism, patriotism, called the last refuge of a scoundrel) provides the main reason or impetus toward world government; there are deeper reasons why economic stateism calls for an omnipotent world state.Effective utilization of modem technology requires a large amount of world-wide specialization and co-ordination.The nation-states into which the brute force and accidents of history have divided the globe are far too few and too uneven in size, resources, and industrial development to form an effective market for trade as units, even if they were so inclined, i.e., if they-were not like the pressure groups, primarily out to take advantage of one another.(Under the euphemistic name of influencing the terms of trade, this is an outstanding feature in the policy of west-European nations today.)Moreover, as the advocates of the "social welfare state" seem strangely unwilling to see, to the extent that they may succeed in approaching some ideal of "justice" within particular countries or areas, this must raise or intensify the same problems of "exploitation" between units.Economic justice will not stop at political boundaries; and the spokesman of the "disadvantaged" countries are not now ignoring this fact, any more than the spokesmen of the disadvantaged classes keep silent in countries where the poorest enjoy a minimum of comfort and security far above what is possible for the world as a whole.The socialist state (or any welfare state) must be a world state.In the second place, advocating world government is also in large part
Communism · Economic Justice · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 1994 - 2019 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |