A Philosophical Sketch

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A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical essay
political philosophy work
work on international relations
author Immanuel Kant
centralConcept cosmopolitan right
perpetual peace as a regulative ideal
publicity of political maxims
republican constitution as condition of peace
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia
genre legal philosophy
moral philosophy
political theory
hasInfluentialConcept pacific federation of states
republican peace thesis
right of hospitality
hasPart Definitive Articles for Perpetual Peace
First Supplement
Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace
Second Supplement
Secret Article for Perpetual Peace
historicalContext late 18th century European wars
influenced League of Nations ideas
United Nations era international thought
liberal internationalism
language German
mainTopic cosmopolitanism
federation of states
international law
moral foundations of peace
perpetual peace
republicanism
opposes interference in the constitution and government of another state
national debts used for war
standing armies
originalTitle Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf
philosophicalAim to provide a framework for lasting peace between states
philosophicalTradition Enlightenment political philosophy
Kantian ethics
proposes a federation of free states
cosmopolitan right of universal hospitality
republican civil constitutions
publicationYear 1795
relatedWork Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim
The Metaphysics of Morals
translatedTitle Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Perpetual Peace
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