ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the foundation for cosmopolitan care, an underexplored variety of moral cosmopolitanism. It offers a characterization of contemporary cosmopolitanism from the justice tradition. The chapter also discusses the political, economic or cultural aspects of cosmopolitanism and addresses its moral dimensions. It explains employ a feminist philosophical perspective to provide a critical evaluation of the moral foundations of cosmopolitan justice, with an eye toward demonstrating the need for an alternative account of moral cosmopolitanism as cosmopolitan care. The chapter considers one main feature of cosmopolitan care, namely the theory of obligation it endorses. It explores a contemporary philosophical of cosmopolitanism–constitutes one main area ripe for care ethics’ distinctive blend of critical and constructive engagement. The need for a care-based theory of cosmopolitanism emerges clearly against the backdrop of cosmopolitan theories of justice. Moral cosmopolitanism involves a requirement of impartiality in moral judgment and structures of obligation.
