Abstract There exist existential global problems we cannot solve unless we resort to a world government. It is desirable that such a government can be held responsible by a democratically elected world parliament. Hence, global democracy is desirable. However, the road to global democracy is blocked by similar problems that render it necessary in the first place: collective decision problems of a different but related sort. And time is short. In particular we face an emergent need to tend to problems to do with global warming. This means that we have to investigate the possibility and desirability of a last resort to global despotism.

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全球民主与专制主义：重新审视全球民主

摘要除非诉诸世界政府，否则无法解决存在的全球性问题。希望这样的政府可以由民主选举产生的世界议会来负责。因此，全球民主是可取的。但是，通向全球民主之路却被类似的问题所阻碍，这些问题首先使其成为必要：不同但相关的集体决策问题。而且时间很短。特别是，我们迫切需要解决与全球变暖有关的问题。这意味着我们必须调查最后诉诸全球专制的可能性和可取性。