Abstract
The present article discusses the category of hospitality in the Kantian thought, particularly in the text Perpetual peace (in its complementation with The Metaphysics of Morals). In attention of the current problem of refugees and with great visibility in Europe, the conflict is represented between the theoretical formulations of Kant -the hospitality as moral category and its development in the formulation of the right of asylum proclaimed by the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees- against the legitimacy of the sovereignty of the States, as long as they decide or not to host refugees.
Keywords:
hospitality; refugees; right of visit; common original acquisition of land; sovereignty