What Observation Did Philosopher Immanuel Kant Make in His 1795

question 24

Multiple Choice

What observation did philosopher Immanuel Kant make in his 1795 essay "Toward Perpetual Peace"?

• A) The only way to achieve peace is by promoting more religion.
• B) Perpetual peace is an impossible dream because people are blinded by narrow self-interest.
• C) The best route to peace is through strategic balance of power between the United States and major European nations.
• D) Democratic regimes seldom make war on each other.
• E) Autocratic regimes seldom make war on each other.

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Definitions:

Proposition

An assertion that communicates a conviction or opinion, and has the potential to be accurate or erroneous.

Standard Form

A way of structuring arguments, statements, or equations according to established rules to make them clearer, easier to analyze, or solve.

Hypothetical Syllogism

A logical argument consisting of two conditional premises and a conclusion, based on if-then scenarios.

Modus Ponens

A valid form of argument in which if a conditional statement ("if P then Q") is accepted, and P is asserted to be true, then Q necessarily follows.