From ‘Perpetual Peace’ to ‘The Law of Peoples’
Kant, Habermas and Rawls on International Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20510405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Mertens (0000-0002-4944-3182, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Pages | 60-84 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kantian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1369415400001606 |
| OpenAlex | W2017293157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
It is hardly surprising that the two greatest Kantian philosophers of the twentieth century's second half would, at some point of time, reflect and comment on one of the most famous writings of the Königsberg sage, namely on Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch . Of course, in recent decades, and especially around the celebration of the 200th anniversary of its publication, many commentary articles and books have been published on Kant's little essay, but it makes a difference when Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls make an effort to get to an appropriate understanding of Kant's text in the present-day world. Here I will describe some of the main features of their understanding of Kant's peace proposal. I will first briefly recall the main scheme of Kant's essay, anticipating the writings of Habermas and Rawls by employing their new vocabularies and schemes in describing Kant's position. The main purpose of my outline of Kant's essay is to investigate how much of Kant's proposal has remained alive in Habermas and Rawls
Categorical imperative · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Original position · Political science · Sketch · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
On human rights
Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship
Rawls's Law of Peoples
A Theory of Justice
Towards a Critical Theory of Transnational Justice
Sovereign Virtue
Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs
Der Begriff des Politischen
Der Begriff des Politischen
Priorities of Global Justice
Kantian perspectives on democratic peace
Kant’s Political Writings
Kant und die Ethik der Griechen
An Egalitarian Law of Peoples
The Law of Peoples
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |