From Despotism to Democracy: How a World Government Can Save Humanity

Preface
	Global Level is Back to 1986
	More Dictatorships than Liberal Democracies
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 The Problem
	1 Introduction
	2 The Structure of the Argument
2 The Argument from Global Heating
	1 The CFC Example
	2 Elinor Ostrom
	3 To Blow up Pipelines?
	4 How Would an Enlightened Despotism Handle Global Heating?
	5 Other Environmental Issues
		5.1 Global Targets and Policy Scenarios
	6 Conclusion
3 The Argument from War and Peace
	1 Kant and Bentham
	2 The Abolishment of the Colonial System
	3 Democracy as a Means to Eternal Peace
	4 The Simple Argument in Defense of the Necessity of a World Government
	5 Can We Have War with a World Government?
	6 Conclusion
4 The Argument from Global Justice
	1 Distributive Justice
	2 Utilitarianism
	3 Egalitarianism
	4 The Moral Rights Theory
	5 Taxation and Planning
	6 The Future
5 Does It Matter if We Go Extinct?
	1 Introduction
	2 Three Arguments in Defense of Indifference or in Favor of Extinction
	3 Against Pessimism
	4 Against Actualism
	5 Against Deep Ecology
	6 The Repugnant Conclusion
6 Enlightened Despotism: Scope and Limits
	1 Introduction
	2 The Revolutionary Model
	3 A Joint Coup Enacted by a Few Strong Nations
	4 A Social Contract Entered by Most States in the World
	5 Existing Democracies and Local Rule
	6 Despotism and Fear
	7 Despotism and the Road to Global Democracy
7 Democracy
	1 Introduction
	2 Definition and Ideal
	3 The Definition of Democratic Decision-Making
	4 Populist Democracy
	5 Elitism
	6 Deliberative Democracy
	7 The Case for Populism
	8 Global Political Parties
	9 Is There a Case for Elitism?
	10 Should the Populist Democracy Be Tempered with a System of Judicial Review?
	11 Conclusion
8 From Despotism to Democracy: A Roadmap
	1 Introduction
	2 From Despotism to Democracy
	3 Cosmopolitanism
	4 Is Cosmopolitanism a Realistic Prospect?
	5 Representative Democracy on a Global Level
	6 The Military Question
	7 Multinationals and Global Democracy
	8 Conclusion
9 Is Global Democracy Desirable?
	1 Introduction
	2 Continued Despotism for the Sake of Future Generations?
	3 Why Not a Return to Global Anarchy?
	4 The Argument from the Lack of True Democracy
	5 The Argument from Communitarianism
	6 The Argument from Lack of Economic Integration
	7 The Argument from Shared Sovereignty
	8 The Argument from the Totalitarian Specter
	9 The Argument from Effectiveness
	10 Three Versions of the Argument from Soulless Despotism
	11 An Aggressive Takeover by Some Nasty Ideology or Religion
	12 AGI and Value Lock-In
	13 The Threat from Illiberal Legislation
	14 Why Global Democracy?
10 Conclusion
Postscript: What if We Fail?
References
Index