Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism and Moral Opportunity Costs

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ID6357110
AuthorsCarmen E Pavel (0000-0001-6683-0638, University of Virginia, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume41
Issue4
Pages489-513
Publication date2009-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1057/pol.2009.1
OpenAlexW1989491781
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

Cosmopolitanism and nationalism are at war, if the criticism they relentlessly direct at each other is any guide. The current debates between defenders of these two views tend to solve their disagreements by showing that one view is incoherent and assigning victory to the other. I argue instead that cosmopolitanism and nationalism do not fail on their own, but are rather incomplete facets of the truth, because each reflects demands of morality that are in permanent tension with one another. Moreover, there may be no way in principle to establish a binding order of priority between nationalistic and cosmopolitan claims, even if in practice we will find various ways to negotiate between them

Cosmopolitanism · Criticism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Morality · Nationalism · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Victory · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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