Postmoderní státy jako nositelé a zprostředkovatelé kantovské etiky v mezinárodních vztazích

Abstract

The article examines the correlation and interconnectedness between the so-called Kantian ethics in international relations and specific group of states that bear, promote and intermediate Kantian norms in the international politics. The first part of the article presents the contemporary theoretical discussion on international ethics and its plurality, later the focus heads more on the basic characteristics and specifics of Kantian ethics in the comparison with other types of ethical approaches – and culture of anarchy (Alexander Wendt) – in international relations, the Hobbesian and the Lockean one. In the second part of the article we apply the theoretical concept of Kantian ethics on specific type of state in international system – the post-modern state – based on the definition of this type of state given by Georg Sørensen or Robert Cooper respectively. The analysis shows three categories of post-modern states developing and promoting the Kantian concepts in international relations – middle powers, civilian powers and good international citizens.