Grounding cosmopolitanism: from Kant to the idea of a cosmopolitan constitution

Includes bibliographical references and index

Garrett Wallace Brown explores and defends topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice.

This book explores Kant's cosmopolitanism and the normative requirements consistent with a Kantian based cosmopolitan constitution. Topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice are explored and defended.Contrary to many contemporary interpretations, Brown considers Kant's cosmopolitan thought as a form of international constitutional jurisprudence that requires minimal legal demands versus the extreme condition

This book outlines a Kantian form of cosmopolitan theory in relation to the requirements for a constitutional global order. In addition it provides a comprehensive defence of cosmopolitan ethics against realist pluralist and communitarian critiques. Author's short blurb: The world has become increasingly interconnected where actions in one part of the world can have profound effects everywhere. If humans are to successfully coexist then it is essential that we begin to theorize about what regulative legal principles could secure a condition of mutually beneficial cohabitation. The purpose of this book is to explore the normative and legal requirements necessary for a Kantian based cosmopolitan constitution and to argue its relevance in understanding and resolving current global concerns