Nice post! I’ve always heard cosmopolitanism contrasted with “communitarianism”, which I think is a more charitable name for the opposing position, and makes it clearer why so many people think that way. Less good for persuasive purposes though, I guess.
Completely agree that 1) Cosmopolitanism describes an important feature of Effective Altruism well, and 2) Non-cosmopolitanism is pervasive throughout our political & social discourse (another example is reporting on natural disasters or plane crashes, where the number of US/Australian/whatever citizens involved is usually emphasised).
Nice post! I’ve always heard cosmopolitanism contrasted with “communitarianism”, which I think is a more charitable name for the opposing position, and makes it clearer why so many people think that way. Less good for persuasive purposes though, I guess.
Completely agree that 1) Cosmopolitanism describes an important feature of Effective Altruism well, and 2) Non-cosmopolitanism is pervasive throughout our political & social discourse (another example is reporting on natural disasters or plane crashes, where the number of US/Australian/whatever citizens involved is usually emphasised).