Monday 3 September 2012
Kant’s famous insight was that democracies do not start wars against each other. Nisbet helps illustrate what may be a troubling corollary to the democratic peace. Democracies may face immense—nearly insuperable—difficulty in stopping wars once they have begun: another reason for prudence, which is—or was—to say “conservatism,” in starting them. The War on Terror and the Quest for Community ☀
