Gus diZerega over at Liberty & Power has made a couple of posts arguing not only in favor on the democratic peace thesis (about which I have posted before; see here) but also, and far more incredibly, that democracies are spontaneous orders. See his posts here and here. I commented on the latter, offering a partial critique of his arguments on both counts. I don’t think he is entirely wrong, but on the important points, and particularly on democratic peace, he is. I won’t be getting into his feud with Robert Higgs, however.
Geoffrey is an Aristotelian-Liberal political philosopher and an adjunct instructor for Buena Vista University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Transformers and Philosophy. He lives in Edgewood, KY with his wife and two children.
Related posts:
- More empirical evidence against the democratic peace thesis
- Triangulating Peace? Or, Two Foundations for Oppression?
- Hamilton vs. Kant on War and Peace
- My Manifesto!…er, I mean my Master's Thesis.
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