Ewiger Frieden als politisches oder religiöses Projekt?

Zu den Auslegungstraditionen des Kantschen Friedentraktats

Abstract

The article presents two possible interpretations of Kant‘s treatise Towards Perpetual Peace. The first interpretation treats the treatise as a purely political text, whereas the second links the idea of the treatise to Kant‘s other latter works, arguing that the idea of eternal peace is related to the conviction that human nature can progress and that moral evil can be overcome. The text will discuss both of these interpretative traditions, referring to the authors who represent each of them and examining the extent to which these two ways of interpretation can be reconciled.