Analysis Of Immanuel Kant's The Perpetual Peace

In this essay, I argue that even though “none of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace”(citace). Kant himself as well as his manifesto, The Perpetual Peace, had great influence on the concept of international organization and liberal thoughts, as we know it today. Moreover, I would like to prove that Kant conceived three fundamental liberal theories - commercial, ideational and republican liberal theories, which were introduced by Andrew Moravcsik.
First of all, I would like to start off by briefly introducing Kant as one of the central figures of Enlightenment. Then I will move on to analysis of the Kant’s essay, The Perpetual Peace. Undoubtedly, his manifesto includes many interesting ideas, however, it has been inevitable to select arguments, which are predominantly linked to international relations and peacekeeping. I would also like to draw some recent examples, which support my argument that Kant’s ideas of eternal peace are truly timeless. The essay will also …show more content…
If political idealist is a person who supports existence of international organizations to avoid international conflict, then Immanuel Kant was definitely one. On the other hand, if political idealist is a man who does not understand world history and never gets off his high horse, then no. Politic philosophy does not limit itself to theories which has been already established and always tries to present a new, different approach and that is exactly what Kant did in his era. Kant’s Perpetual Peace does not have to be seen as a utopian piece of work if it is interpreted as a moral imperative. According to Kant, peace is a moral responsibility, the imperative of common sense – and therefore man has to accept it as the maxim.() As far as the imperative is concerned, it will never be possible to put it into practice completely. Yet, Kant’s view of international piece had a great impact on world, as we know it