Cosmopolitanism
Even though the concept of cosmopolitanism is commonly used, there is no agreement about its definition. For instance, philosophers and sociologists find it hard to agree about its definition because each one has defined it based on their views. Nonetheless, all different cosmopolitan views share something in common. That is, all human beings, despite their political affiliation, are citizens in a single community. This community, however, described in various ways, some focusing on political institutions, others on moral norms, and still others focusing on forms of cultural expression. According to the majority of cosmopolitanism’s versions, the universal communities of world citizens’ functions as a positive ideal to be cultivated, but a few versions exist to refuse the existence of special obligations to local forms of political organizations. Adding to that, cosmopolitanism’s versions differ depending on the notion of citizenship, they employ, whether …show more content…
That is, natural law theorists believe that human morality comes from nature. Everything in nature has its purpose, human beings are not an exception. Therefore, our purpose is to live a good and happy life. In the third stage, the best description of cosmopolitan thought can be found in Immanuel Kant works. Kant aims to maintain the identity posited between human nature, reason, and law within modernizing processes” (Beardsworth 19). Kant's cosmopolitanism revolves around its moral, political, legal, economic, cultural, and psychological aspects. He views Cosmopolitanism as “an attitude taken up in acting: an attitude of recognition, respect, openness, interest, beneficence, and concern towards other human individuals, cultures, and peoples as members of one global community” (Pauline 1). Based on Kant’s view, one can spend their entire lives in even one place, and still be considered as being a citizen of the
Even though the concept of cosmopolitanism is commonly used, there is no agreement about its definition. For instance, philosophers and sociologists find it hard to agree about its definition because each one has defined it based on their views. Nonetheless, all different cosmopolitan views share something in common. That is, all human beings, despite their political affiliation, are citizens in a single community. This community, however, described in various ways, some focusing on political institutions, others on moral norms, and still others focusing on forms of cultural expression. According to the majority of cosmopolitanism’s versions, the universal communities of world citizens’ functions as a positive ideal to be cultivated, but a few versions exist to refuse the existence of special obligations to local forms of political organizations. Adding to that, cosmopolitanism’s versions differ depending on the notion of citizenship, they employ, whether …show more content…
That is, natural law theorists believe that human morality comes from nature. Everything in nature has its purpose, human beings are not an exception. Therefore, our purpose is to live a good and happy life. In the third stage, the best description of cosmopolitan thought can be found in Immanuel Kant works. Kant aims to maintain the identity posited between human nature, reason, and law within modernizing processes” (Beardsworth 19). Kant's cosmopolitanism revolves around its moral, political, legal, economic, cultural, and psychological aspects. He views Cosmopolitanism as “an attitude taken up in acting: an attitude of recognition, respect, openness, interest, beneficence, and concern towards other human individuals, cultures, and peoples as members of one global community” (Pauline 1). Based on Kant’s view, one can spend their entire lives in even one place, and still be considered as being a citizen of the