Metaverse, a Technology-driven Opportunity to Kantian Culture

Hongzhou Chen

Abstract:

Constructivists classify international relations into Hobbesian, Lockean, and Kantian cultures. To realize the collective identity of Kantian culture, their theories give a theoretical mechanism with three levels and four variables. Interdependence, common fate, homogeneity, and self-restraint (trust). And if trust is combined with any one of the active causes, there is the possibility of achieving Kantian culture. Although Kantian culture is tempting, constructivists do not give a specific method for empirical practice.

This paper argues that as a combination of cutting-edge technologies and a fusion of virtual and real, Metaverse may become a technology-based opportunity to realize friendly peace. This paper infers that the Metaverse can achieve homogeneity at the individual and group levels and build broad trust in mechanism and process, organization, and wide scope. Thus, Metaverse fits the constructivist theoretical model. Finally, this paper shows three current relatively radical Metaverse cases.