Thick cosmopolitanism

Dobson, Andrew (2006). Thick cosmopolitanism. Political Studies, 54(1) pp. 165–184.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2006.00571.x

Abstract

This paper analyses the account of political obligation given by cosmopolitans and concludes that this account, which depends on a weak or thin connection between members of common humanity, leaves a motivational vacuum at the heart of cosmopolitanism. An alternative view, according to which material ties that bind prompt obligations of justice in a globalising world, is offered. This is 'thick cosmopolitanism'.

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