The liberalism of fear

Abstract

The research compiled is formulated into a critique of a dated yet highly sophisticated political ideology that is perpetuating inequality in the lives of ordinary people, prevailing over the fates of Western citizens, and of those abroad in developing countries. The arguments contained herein target liberal principles via the involuntary acceptance of unrestrained capitalist structures that frame the current Western socioeconomic paradigm. Overall, the current framework of domestic laws in the West is found to be unable to justify liberal democratic interventions in developing nations. Keywords: liberalism; individual rights; imperialism; security; capitalism; personhood; Maritime Law; collectivism