Patriotism and Cosmopolitism; Education and Cosmopolitanism

Martha Nussbuam offers four arguments that are in support of a more cosmopolitanism education in the United States. This would include making us more worldly citizens rather then specifically loyal to our individual country. The four arguments are, 1) Through cosmopolitanism education, we learn more about our-selves. 2) We make headway solving problems that require international cooperation 3) We recognize moral obligations to the rest of the world that are real, and that otherwise would go unrecognized. and 4) We make a consistent and coherent argument based on distinctions we are really prepared to defend.

Cynthia Scott's article Education and Cosmopolitanism is a direct response to Nussbaum's. While she does agree with Nussbaum in some instances, she also raises some good oppositions showing how much work would actually be necessary in order to transition into this new way of education, and how it is ultimately too much.