Political Philosophy

Perpetual Peace

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Immanuel Kant

1795

In this short but remarkably influential treatise, Kant outlines the conditions under which lasting peace between nations could be achieved. Structured as a mock treaty, the work argues for a federation of free republican states, universal hospitality as a right of world citizens, and the subordination of politics to moral law. It is the founding text of liberal internationalism and the philosophical ancestor of modern international institutions.