根据康德所述,“永久和平”这个论题的主旨在于这样一个问题:一种与人的权利相符合的国际秩序如何可能?或者说,一种能够把人当做目的的国际秩序该如何建立起来?由于在战争中,杀与被杀总是至少有一个方面在把人当做工具使用,因此,这里的关键问题就成了:世界和平如何达成并得到确保?康德在许多地方都讨论过国际秩序的课题,例如在《道德形而上学》的法权学说部分,以及在《世界公民观点之下的普遍历史观念》中。在法权学说中,康德指出,国家内部的公民权利体制、国际间的国家权利体制,以及作为人类共同体的 According to Kant, the subject of the theme of “permanent peace” lies in the question of how is it possible that an international order consistent with human rights be established? Or how can an international order that can take human beings be established? Since killing and killing are always used as tools in at least one aspect of the war, the key question here becomes: How can world peace be achieved and ensured? Kant has discussed International in many places Issues of order, for example, in the doctrine of legal doctrine of “moral metaphysics,” and in the “universal historical notion of world citizenship.” In the doctrine of legal doctrine, Kant pointed out that within the state civil rights system, the international system of state rights, and as a human community