In the first article, "Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism" Martha Nussbaum emphasizes the importance of citizenship. Not citizenship of a single nation, but citzenship of the world. She stresses this idea by presenting four points which she uses to connect her ideas to cosmopolitanism. For instance, she mentions that having good international connections allows one to become more worldly. All her ideas are summed up by saying that a person who is a citizen of the world is one who, "refuses to be defined by their local origins and local group memberships."

The second article, "Education and Cosmopolitanism" by Cynthia C. Scott, backs up many of the ideas presented in the first article. The only difference is that Scott is somewhat skeptical as to how Nussbaum plans on incorporating her ideas into the world. She says that Nussbaum has great ideas, but implementing them would be nearly impossible.