Immanuel Kant

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Project For A Perpetual Peace

A Philosophical Essay (1796)

Beschreibung

""Project For A Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay"" is a work by the renowned philosopher Immanuel Kant, originally published in 1796. The book is a detailed examination of Kant's ideas on the concept of perpetual peace, exploring the philosophical, political and social implications of such a state. Kant argues that a state of perpetual peace is not only desirable but also achievable, and he outlines a number of proposals for how it might be achieved. He suggests that a federated system of states, each with its own government but united under a common legal framework, could be the key to achieving a lasting peace. Kant also explores the nature of war and the factors that contribute to conflict between nations. He argues that the pursuit of power and the desire for domination are the root causes of war, and that a shift towards a more cooperative and collaborative approach to international relations is necessary for lasting peace. Throughout the book, Kant draws on his extensive knowledge of philosophy, political theory and history to support his arguments. He also engages with other prominent thinkers of his time, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Hermann Fichte. Overall, ""Project For A Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay"" is a thought-provoking and insightful work that continues to be influential in the fields of philosophy and political theory to this day.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Immanuel Kant ( 22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804) was an influential German philosopher[23] in the Age of Enlightenment. In his doctrine of transcendental idealism, he argued that space, time, and causation are mere sensibilities; "things-in-themselves" exist, but their nature is unknowable.[24][25] In his view, the mind shapes and structures experience, with all human experience sharing certain structural features. In one of his major works, the Critique of Pure Reason (1781; second edition 1787),[26] he drew a parallel to the Copernican revolution in his proposition that worldly objects can be intuited a priori ('beforehand'), and that intuition is therefore independent from objective reality.[b] Kant believed that reason is also the source of morality, and that aesthetics arise from a faculty of disinterested judgment. Kant's views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, especially the fields of epistemology, ethics, political theory, and post-modern aesthetics. He attempted to explain the relationship between reason and human experience and to move beyond the failures of traditional philosophy and metaphysics. He wanted to put an end to what he saw as an era of futile and speculative theories of human experience, while resisting the skepticism of thinkers such as David Hume. He regarded himself as showing the way past the impasse between rationalists and empiricists,[28] and is widely held to have synthesized both traditions in his thought.[29] Kant was an exponent of the idea that perpetual peace could be secured through universal democracy and international cooperation. He believed that this would be the eventual outcome of universal history, although it is not rationally planned.[30] The nature of Kant's religious ideas continues to be the subject of philosophical dispute, with viewpoints ranging from the impression that he was an initial advocate of atheism who at some point developed an ontological argument for God, to more critical treatments epitomized by Schopenhauer, who criticized the imperative form of Kantian ethics as "theological morals" and the "Mosaic Decalogue in disguise",[31] and Nietzsche, who claimed that Kant had "theologian blood"[32] and was merely a sophisticated apologist for traditional Christian faith

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9781120021465
• ISBN-10: 1120021464
• Artikelnr.: 27241342