Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Essay about Appraise the Pros and Cons of Cosmpolitanism
10024634 Appraise the Pros and Cons of Cosmopolitanism Cosmopolitanism is the term to illustrate a theoretical belief of how some think the world should be, where interstate boundaries are abolished and citizens become part of a global body. It is derived from the ancient Greek, kosmopolites, usually translated as ââ¬Ëcitizen of the worldââ¬â¢. Cosmopolitanism takes different stand-points throughout the fields of sociology, politics and philosophy. Gerand Delanty splits the concept into four main categories: ââ¬Å"internationalism, globalisation, transnationalism and post-nationalismâ⬠(Delanty 2000: 52) and four sub-categories ââ¬Å"legal, political, cultural and civicâ⬠cosmopolitanism. This essay shall analyse and evaluate arguments for and against theâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦It was the first time that states and state leaders could be held accountable under international legislation and judicial trial. Karl Jaspers states that the trial was a ââ¬Å" new attempt in behalf of order in the worldâ⬠(Jaspers 1947: 51) and Robert Fine elaborates on Jaspers argument that ââ¬Å"Nuremburg marked the dawn of a new cosmopolitan order un which individuals, as well as states, could be held accountable to international law even when acting within the legality of their own state.â⬠(Fine 2003:610) Kantââ¬â¢s philosophy towards the birth of modern cosmopolitanism was pre-dominantly legal, as he desired republican universal legality across the international realm, in order to achieve ââ¬Ëperpetual peaceââ¬â¢. ââ¬Å"No Independent States, large or small shall come under the dominion of another state by inheritance, exchange, purchase or donationâ⬠( Kant 1795). Thomas Pogge, a contemporary cosmopolitan theorist depicts that in cosmopolitanismââ¬â¢s universality ââ¬Å" the status of the ultimate unit of concern attaches to every living human being equally- not merely to some subset, such as men, aristocrats, Aryans, Whites or Muslims â⬠(Pogge 1992:48),according to this some may argue that one fault in Kantââ¬â¢s idealistic Cosmopolitanism is that there were no equal rights for women and that the law under cosmopolitanism only applied to men. This indicates that the trial with the Nazi crimes against humanity would be amicably subsumable to Kantââ¬â¢s
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