ABSTRACT
Cosmopolitanism, according to a widely used account, embraces the idea that every person has global stature as the ultimate unit of moral concern and is therefore entitled to equal respect and consideration no matter what her citizenship status, or other affiliations happen to be (Pogge 1992). Cosmopolitanism guides the individual outward from local obligations, and prohibits those obligations from crowding out responsibilities to distant others (Brock and Brighouse 2005). Cosmopolitanism highlights the responsibilities we have to those whom we do not know, but whose lives should be of concern to us. The borders of states, and other boundaries considered to restrict the scope of justice, are irrelevant roadblocks in appreciating our responsibilities to all in the global community (Brock and Brighouse 2005; Brock and Moellendorf 2005).1
