Dear Nikolai and All,
I have no problem with Kant's formula. In fact I once dedicated a
book of mine to Immanuel Kant. The question is, how do we get to his
Cosmopolis? Through the national governments and their megacorporate
sponsors? Or through the people, mobilized by a World Party? And even if
the national governments and their megacorporate sponsors did manage to
establish a new world order, do you imagine they would obey Kant's
categorical imperative? Not a chance. The best they could give us is a
friendlier, more amiable version of Comrade Stalin, with fewer gulags and
more sweatshops.
Cheers, Warren Wagar