The Humble Cosmopolitan: Rights, Diversity, and Trans-State Democracy

by Luis Cabrera

Book Overview

Is a strong cosmopolitan stance irretrievably arrogant? Cosmopolitanism, which affirms universal moral principles and grants no fundamental moral significance to the state, has become increasingly central to normative political theory. Yet, it has faced persistent claims that it disdains local attachments and cultures, while also seeking the neo-imperialistic imposition of Western moral views on all persons. The critique is said to apply with even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190869518
• ISBN13: 9780190869519
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"