On Perpetual Peace

ISBN-13: 9781554811939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 136 str.

Immanuel Kant; Brian Orend; Ian Johnston

Opis

Kant's essay remains an enduring antidote to the violence and cynicism that is all-too-often on display in international relations and foreign affairs. It is presented here in a new translation with contextual apparatus.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Immanuel Kant: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
A Note on the Translation

On Perpetual Peace

Appendix A: The Perpetual Peace Tradition

1. From William Penn, The Political Writings of William Penn (1693)
2. From the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, Project for a Perpetual Peace in Europe (1712)
3. From Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “A Lasting Peace Through the Federation of Europe” (1756)
4. From Jeremy Bentham, “A Plan for a Universal and Perpetual Peace” (1786–89)

Appendix B: Related, Additional Material by Kant

1. From Immanuel Kant, “Universal History” (1784)
2. From Immanuel Kant, “Theory and Practice” (1793)
3. From Immanuel Kant, “The Doctrine of Right,” The Metaphysics of Morals (1797)

Appendix C: Reactions to the Tradition and to Kant

1. Reactions to the Tradition
   1. From G.W. Leibniz, Reply to the Abbé de Saint-Pierre (1715)
   2. From Voltaire, “De La Paix Perpétuelle, par Le Docteur Goodheart” (1769)
2. Reactions to Kant
   1. From J.G. Fichte, Foundations of Natural Right (1797)
   2. From G.W.F. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820)
   3. From Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832)

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