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Kant and Habermas on International Relations

Governance
Human Rights
International Relations
National Identity
Critical Theory
Comparative Perspective
Ethics
Normative Theory
Rafał Wonicki
University of Warsaw
Rafał Wonicki
University of Warsaw

Abstract

In my Paper, I would like to compare Kant’s idea of perpetual peace and Habermas’ idea of post-national constellations. The aim is to analyze how Habermas' referring to Kant’s moral and political theory re-shape some of his ideas to change contemporary international order. What is more, thanks to a comparison of the similarities and differences between Kant’s and Habermas’ understanding of law and politics, I will reveal the internal inconsistency within Habermas’ theory of post-national constellations. In order to alleviating it in Habermas’s approach I will suggest to come back to Kant’ s idea of universal hospitality as a ethical mechanism of creating more peaceful international relations.