His Ethical System and Cosmopolitanism

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, lived from 1724 until 1804 during the time of the Enlightenment, but more importantly it was a time of revolution and nationbuilding

Kingdom of Ends

Human Autonomou s Moral & Ethics System

Categorical Imparatives

The fundamental idea of Kant's critical philosophy especially in his three Critiques: the Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 1787), the Critique of Practical Reason (1788), and the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790) is human autonomy

Human understanding is the source of the general laws of nature that structure all our experience; Human reason gives itself the moral law, which is our basis for belief in God, freedom, and immortalitiy

Morals are Objective. The Three fundamental elements in Kants Moral System: 1. Individuals are rational beings; that is, people have the ability to make choices on the basis of reason and to act on the choices 2. Individuals have an intrinsic value; that is, people have value in and of themselves. In other words, individuals are ends also, not means only. 3. Individuals are the author of the moral law; that is, individuals are autonomous

Act only on the maxim which you can at the same time will that it should be a universal law Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end

Kant believed that, if in society, human beings freely obey the categorical imperative, we would have an ideal community a utopia?

The aim of Kants project is to end all war

Basic concept of cosmopolitanism is I am a citizen of the world Cosmopolitan views is the idea that all human beings, regardless of their political affiliation, belong to a single community based on share morality, and that this community should be cultivated Community (state) and its human (people) = yes, Sovereignty

To him, sovereignty was the most important right of each individual nation-state, as specified by the peace of Westphalia in 1648. It was based on two principles: territoriality and the exclusion of external actors from interfering in domestic affairs. No state was allowed to interfere with the workings of another state.

The rational idea that a peaceful international community of all human beings can be created is a principle of right. Cosmopolitan right is an obligation on all nations to facilitate travel and trade and to unite for the purpose of creating universal laws to regulate their relations The Federation would, therefore, create a framework where citizens of one state would be able to interact with their fellow citizens of another state without a threat of hostility.

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