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Analysis of the Standard Definition of Cosmopolitanism

Barbara Elisabeth Müller

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IndividualismGeneralityGlobal justiceStandard definitionInterpretation (philosophy)Universality (philosophy)SociologyCosmopolitanismEgalitarianismEpistemology

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This chapter investigates the traditional definition of cosmopolitanism which understands cosmopolitanism as moral egalitarianism. It sets out in detail how the three core elements (individualism, universality, and generality) allow so much room for interpretation that the definition hardly provides any information on what moral egalitarianism means. It confirms that cosmopolitanism as moral egalitarianism includes almost all theories of global justice, even such that are commonly seen as opposing positions.

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2021-10-20
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83457-9_2