Critical review of cosmopolitanism part 2: the viability of cosmopolitan democracy in the 21st century

This review aims at answering the critical questions asked by critiques on Cosmopolitan Democracy. It explains how this concept practically fits into the global society of today as an effective way of global governance whilst responding to some issues raised by opponents and sceptics of this view, which are: the radical nature of its agenda, its lack of legal or political frameworks, its push for idealism centred on morality, rather than realism centred on the implementation of human rights on a political and legal structure, the ambiguity of the identity of a ‘global citizen’ and the complexities behind coercion and sovereignty. The ModerateMoral Cosmopolitan ideology will be used to critically address the issues of military interventions; the legality of human rights, the preference for transnational laws than international laws in the propagation of cosmopolitan rights and the role of expert bodies in ensuring the enforcements of these rights whilst spreading cosmopolitan democracy.