Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism & Education and Cosmopolitanism

The first article "Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism" by Martha Nussbaum, is about embracing our worldly identity. Nussbaum urges us as Americans to respect our own culture but also understand other cultures. He writes that we can do this through education, solving problems that require international cooperation, recognizing moral obligations to the world, and by making a consistent and coherent argument based on distinctions we are prepared to defend.

The second article "Education and Cosmopolitanism" by Cynthia Scott goes very much in hand with Nussbaum's article. Scott believes that students are ignorant of the world around them but to educate students, it would take a great deal of change in our school systems. Scott is not so enthusiastic as Nussbaum, and I agree. While I think we should be more educated about these issues, it might be easier said than done.