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Fall 2023

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 38, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2023 | Liberalism | Peace

A Conflict of Peace Visions: The Peacemonger Mentality vs. the Warmonger Mentality

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Amy Crockett, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise38(3),2023,1-24AConflictofPeaceVisions:ThePeacemongerMentalityvs.theWarmongerMentalityChristopherJ.Coyne*GeorgeMasonUniversityUnitedStatesofAmericaAmyCrockettGeorgeMasonUniversityUnitedStatesofAmericaAbstractTheconceptofaliberalorderdominatesdiscussionsofinternationalaffairs.Thedominantapproachtoachievingaliberalorderisgroundedinawarmongervisionbasedonstatemilitaryforceasaprimarymeanstosocialcooperation,peace,order,andhumanflourishing.Thisstandsincontrasttothepeacemongervision,whichemphasizestheprimacyofnonviolenceininteractionsbetweenpeople,especiallyinconflictsituations.Weofferreasonsforskepticismregardingthewarmongervisionandthendiscussfeaturesandmisconceptionsofthepeacemongermentality.Indoingso,wediscusshowthepeacemongervisionbetterfitswiththeliberalendsadvocatedbymanywhosharethewarmongermentality.JELCodes:D70,H56Keywords:peacemonger,foreignmilitaryintervention,warindustry,warmonger,militarysystemI.IntroductionAfterWorldWarII,theconceptofaliberalinstitutionalordercametodominatediscussionsofinternationalaffairs.Theideaofaliberalinstitutionalorderemphasizesaliberaldemocraticpolityandeconomy,freemovementofgoods,andhumanrightsincludinghumanequalityandself-determination(Lake,Martin,andRisse2021,p.229).Liberalismineconomic,political,andsocialaffairsisthe*WethankEdwardStringham,AlexanderSalter,HarryDavid,andananonymousrefereeforcommentsandguidanceinimprovingthispaper.ThispaperisamodifiedandupdatedversionofanunpublishedtalkgivenbyChristopherCoyneontheoccasionofJerryFullinwider’sretirementfromtheboardoftheInstituteforHumaneStudiesonSeptember25,2014.

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Title	A Conflict of Peace Visions: The Peacemonger Mentality vs. the Warmonger Mentality
Authors/Creators:	Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University Amy Crockett, George Mason University
Year:	2023
Volume:	38
Number:	3
Pages:	1 - 24
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	peacemonger, foreign military intervention, war industry, warmonger, military system

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Coyne, Christopher J.; Crockett, Amy / 2023. "A Conflict of Peace Visions: The Peacemonger Mentality vs. the Warmonger Mentality." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 38(3): 1-24.