ABSTRACT
There are a number of cosmopolitan theories. What they have in common-hence what makes these theories cosmopolitan theories-two aspects. First, a set of values is postulated as values to be accepted everywhere. Second, though there may be different views taken about the appropriate means to adopt, there is some notion of active responsibility to further these values and to oppose those who frustrate them, either through wilful wrongdoing or through commitment to inappropriate moral values. In this chapter I will argue for a specific kind of cosmopolitanism which I call solidarist-pluralist. This position will be arrived at after considering some of the objections to the whole idea of universal values and global responsibilities. Finally, a notion of global citizenship will be derived from the solidarist-pluralist position through discussing how cosmopolitanism is opposed but could be combined with communitarianism.
