Patriotism and Cosmospolitanism and Education

The two readings were “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism” by Martha Nussbaum and “Education and Cosmopolitanism” by Cynthia Scott. In Nussbaum’s writing she offers four ways of making the educational system more focused toward the world citizenship as opposed to national. First is by making the educational system cosmopolitan. Second is global knowledge and planning around the world. The third is global recognition, knowing the issues that other countries struggle with. Finally being aware of the decisions we make and how they will affect others. The second reading written by Cynthia Scott is a response to the first reading. Scott agrees that there is an issue with American’s not understanding the living standards of other countries and their daily concerns. She does not agree that the solution is to incorporate cosmopolitanism into the educational system. She believes there is a lot of work that would have to go into the change that wouldn’t make a big enough impact in the end. I agree with her point of view. By removing the patriotism from education the country will lose its sense of unity, culture and patriotism. Being a culturally diverse country causes the need to create a sense of unity and this is currently being done through patriotic educational system.