Ethics and some modern world problems / by Willam McDougall.

  • McDougall, William, 1871-1938.
Date:
1924
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Credit: Ethics and some modern world problems / by Willam McDougall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions, an adhesion which many of them would give with enthusiasm. If any nation or nations, great or small, Great Britain, or Russia, or Ger¬ many, or France, or Guatemala, or Liberia, should refuse to consent to dispense with all aerial nav¬ igation, it, or they, should be told that great emergencies and world-wide dangers demand drastic remedies; that the world is now one, and that, just as no nation could be allowed to spread a deadly epidemic over the earth, so no nation can be allowed to endanger the peace of the world, to hold a terrible threat over the heads of all other nations, and to frustrate the world¬ wide desire for peace, disarmament, and the universal sway of International Justice; that, therefore, it is formally required by the agreed nations that it (or they) subscribe to the com¬ pact and faithfully observe its terms. Lastly, I suggest that the United States Gov¬ ernment should take the first step towards the realization of the plan here proposed, by issuing to all the Great Powers a formal invitation to cooperate in its institution and maintenance. It will be observed that the plan would avoid the great objection raised against the present League of Nations (and especially against