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Immanuel Kant: Why Kant There Be Peace?

Episode 6 of the Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek podcast, hosted by Avis Kalfsbeek, titled "Immanuel Kant: Why Kant There Be Peace?" was published on February 13, 2022 and runs 13 minutes.

February 13, 2022 ·13m · Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

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Summary

Why Kant There Be Peace?  Excerpts from Immanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch.” Comforting, practical, brave, and clear. First Section, Which Contains the Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among States: “No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.” “No independently existing state (irrespective of whether it is larger or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase or gift.” “Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall gradually be abolished entirely.” “The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.” “No state shall forcibly interfere with the constitution and government of another state.” “No state shall allow itself such hostilities in wartime as would make mutual trust in a future period of peace impossible. Such acts would include the employment of assassins, poisoners, breach of surrender, incitement of treason within the enemy state etc.” Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike and The Red Kite by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW The version  of Immanual Kant’s book Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek’s Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

Episode Description

Why Kant There Be Peace?  Excerpts from Immanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch.” Comforting, practical, brave, and clear.

First Section, Which Contains the Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among States:

  1. “No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.”
  2. “No independently existing state (irrespective of whether it is larger or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase or gift.”
  3. “Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall gradually be abolished entirely.”
  4. “The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.”
  5. “No state shall forcibly interfere with the constitution and government of another state.”
  6. “No state shall allow itself such hostilities in wartime as would make mutual trust in a future period of peace impossible. Such acts would include the employment of assassins, poisoners, breach of surrender, incitement of treason within the enemy state etc.”

Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike and The Red Kite by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW

The version  of Immanual Kant’s book Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek’s Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82

More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.

Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.

Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio

https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

 

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