A summary of Michael Doyle's “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs" article.Michael Doyle, “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs"

There is quite a bit to this article, so I'm going to have to just tell you what I think are the main points.

First, why don't democracies fight one another?

• People in democracies actually have to pay for their wars and will not want to fight


• Democracies respect each other


• Democratic values lead us to not like war

Second, why don't democracies do well dealing with non-democracies?

• They are too focused on ideology to take advantage of opportunities (wouldn't ally with China vs. USSR)


• Don't like to support non-democratic allies -- we think it's wrong.


• Just don't really know how to help the Third World.