ABSTRACT

Could global government be the answer to global poverty and starvation?

Cosmopolitan thinkers challenge the widely held belief that we owe more to our co-citizens than to those in other countries. This book offers a moral argument for world government, claiming that not only do we have strong obligations to people elsewhere, but that accountable integration among nation-states will help ensure that all persons can lead a decent life.

Cabrera considers both the views of those political philosophers who say we have much stronger obligations to help our co-citizens than foreigners and those cosmopolitans who say our duties are equally strong to each but resist restructuring.

chapter |6 pages

The Jericho road

chapter |21 pages

Priorities

chapter |19 pages

Consequences

chapter |19 pages

The cosmopolitan imperative

chapter |15 pages

Democratic distance

chapter |22 pages

Possibilities