Cosmopolitan morality as an element of a democratic global governance and global citizenship

Abstract

Cosmopolitan ethics has been an element of philosophical thought since the school of Skeptics in late antiquity, but also from Socrates who said "I am neither an Athenian nor a Greek but a citizen of the World". But in the 21st century, how can this thought be integrated into the context of a morality that will characterize people's behavior and can form the foundation of a democratic global governance, based on international institutions of mutual understanding and common legislation procedures? Global problems and their treatment require a common view from individual societies and nations, but in the context of a concept of democracy that will be based on the concept of equality, solidarity and brotherhood as elements of this new morality and at the same time will be qualities of a "citizen of the world", having as a main criterion the sustainability of our planet.

“Cosmopolites de tous les pays encore un effort !”

Jacques Derrid