Does Cosmology Imply the Plausibility of Establishing a World Government?

4 Pages Posted: 24 May 2018

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Amin R. Yacoub

New York University School of Law

Date Written: December 14, 2017

Abstract

In the last century, the evolution of mankind has reached its peak. Our species landed on the moon, put a plan to colonize Mars, and used technology to genetically engineer their potential newborns. As social scientists, we are also impressed by the ability of diverse societies to form a union. The phenomenon of unification has emerged in different continents spanning the model of Federalism, the UN model, and the European Union. However, the complexity of the indefinite human variables in the society makes law harder than rocket science and unifying different cultures harder than colonizing Mars. Throughout history, many philosophers, legal scholars, and economists have sought the possibility of establishing a world government or state. A super state that will rule over planet earth and prevent wars to achieve the dream of perpetual peace. Both the advocates and critics of the world government have adopted an array of contradicting ideologies from Anarchism and Liberalism to Nazism and Communism in order to justify their positions. Glen T. Martin had adopted a more creative approach, he intriguingly argued for establishing a world government by relying on the evolution that took place in our understanding of the universe. In this short paper, I will assess Glen Martin's arguments on one hand and will analyze the idea of a world government from a Cosmological perspective on the other.

Keywords: United Nations, World Government, War, Peace, unification, Cosmology, Newton, Einstein, General Relativity, Special Relativity, Globalization, Legal Theory, Philosophy, Law, International Law

Suggested Citation

R. Yacoub, Amin, Does Cosmology Imply the Plausibility of Establishing a World Government? (December 14, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3162775 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3162775

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