The critical pacifism of Immanuel Kant

Abstract

Kant developed a philosophy of history where the conflict, the war: has a fundamental role in the develop of the society and in the politicals relations. Is common to associate him with the project of a perpetual pace but, was not looking for a pact of pace among nations but to a programme where all nations would coincide in the aim to reach the ideal of a perpetual pace. Then, which is exactly the war's attitude of Kant? Does he justify the war? So, can we reconcile the wars attitude of Kant with his thought of pace? In this essay the author try to answer those questions.