Kant and the illusion of collective security. (Immanuel Kant) (The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay) (Keeping the Peace: Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First Century) Journal of International Affairs | January 1, 1993| | COPYRIGHT 1993 Columbia University School of International Public Affairs. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Observing the destructive impact of the seventeenth century European wars of religion, Thomas Hobbes concluded that man by himself is incapable of preserving peace and order. He assumed that peace could only be established if a strong monopoly of violence was created in the hands of a single sovereign. In essence, his idea was simple: If man is aggressive by nature, no peace is possible without an ultimate authority - the Leviathan - capable of enforcing order.

Hobbes's conclusion has hardly been challenged by other political philosophers. Even Locke, who proposed a ...

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