Walzer and Fukuyama

I believe the future of humanity will stand on a combination of both claims by Walzer and Fukuyama. The end of history I believe has not come and we will progress as a species on this earth by expanding the reach of our moral minimum. Currently in the world in which the world order has become majority democratic and capitalist, there are still many forgotten people. Economist Paul Collier has spoken on and wrote a book titled “The Bottom Billion.” This population is living in the same world of great prosperity and security that those in the first world are however they face abject poverty, and all of the negative outcomes that flow from it, such as increased levels of disease and hunger. I believe as we move forward it is very possible that there will not be another geo-political breakthrough and another legitimate viable alternative to the democracy that is presiding over most of the developed world. However in the coming years, with more complacency being seen in the forms of government, there will be less in the sphere of influence from our powerful governments to solve the moral problems of the world. When Walzer speaks of his moral minimum he states that in conventional democratic societies the area where such ideas would be housed would be that of rights, which in the united states and many other countries round the world are considered to be unalienable. Walzer outlines some elements of this minimum morality specifically stating it would include “rules against murder deceit, torture, oppression, and tyranny.” when looking at the most developed countries of the world most of these aforementioned transgressions are not to be found but there are many places among the world where they are still a part of the daily lives of citizens. Also I would venture that in addition to negatives like those above, moral minimum also includes positives such as having enough food, clean water, and access to medicine. These positives are sometimes not even seen in first world developed societies. I believe the next epoch of human civilization will be to find compromise between democracy and capitalism in which everyone globally is subject to inspection under the lens of minimal morality.

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