Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2016-01-14 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #50922 |
Description
"Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay" by Immanuel Kant is a philosophical work published in 1795. Kant proposes a peace program for governments, including preliminary articles demanding the abolition of standing armies and secret treaties, alongside three definitive articles establishing republican constitutions, a federation of free states, and universal hospitality. Rather than advocating world government, Kant envisions a league of independent republics that would naturally tend toward peace through representative governance and international cooperation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)