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This 5 page paper examines the theories of Kant, Marx, Hegel and Mitrany and finds similarities in their ideas. Concepts related to world peace and international relations are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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people do not. Yet, throughout history there have been extraordinary individuals who see the world as something that can be changed. War can be alleviated, or at least reduced
in terms of number of conflicts. Societies can live in peace. Utopia is not something out of the realm of possibility. While that sentiment seems rather overoptimistic, there are some
philosophers out there who seem to think they know the answers. There is the contemporary author David Mitrany and the older philosophies of Karl Marx and Immanuel Kant. In evaluating
their ideas, the unique aspects of each, and similarities, will be highlighted and prospects for peace may be examined in light of their revelations. David Mitrany was integral in
his contribution to the theory of functionalism that suggests nations may be merged with others and become interdependent and this would render war less likely (Mitrany, 1996). Like Kant, Mitrany
believed in cooperation. Kant too may be in the same camp as Mitrany; however, Kantian philosophy is somewhat different. Kant , for example, believed it is wrong to use
people as means (B.J.C., 1990). In the context it was intended, the author presented a problem whereby a couple wanted to have a child so it could be an organ
donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be served, the creation of a human
life for selfish purposes is immoral. In respect to other issues, Kant saw things in a variety of ways. For example, he believed in the concept of mans highest good
and that one must also accept the existence of God and immortality; this way, morality will follow (Honderich, 1995). Here, if one believes in God and an afterlife, man will
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