Empirical feasibility in Kant’s Perpetual Peace
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SummaryIn his essay Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch, Immanuel Kant prescribes the means of attaining a worldwide peace among nations. In theory, Kant’s idea of achieving Perpetual Peace relies not on reactionary peaceful measures of ending wars once they have begun, but instead on creating a preventative system; that is, Kant believes that the effectiveness of reactionary peace policy is far inferior to the construction of a preventative contract between nations that would call for a continued peace and the perpetual existence of peaceful negotiations in order to avoid war. Kant writes that “peace can neither be inaugurated nor secured without a general agreement between the nations; thus a particular kind of league, which we might call a pacific federation is required. [This] would differ from a peace treaty in that the latter terminates one war, whereas the former would seek to end all wars for good” (104).
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Perpetual Peace and Kant's concept of human nature.
- Kant's error of rationality.
- Empirical proof: The shortcomings the United Nations.
- Conclusion.
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