In today’s interconnected world, country borders are exceeded more easily than ever. This has led countries all over the world to integrate world citizenship in the educational curriculum. However,...Show moreIn today’s interconnected world, country borders are exceeded more easily than ever. This has led countries all over the world to integrate world citizenship in the educational curriculum. However, governments also use education as a mean for nation-building, using education as a powerful tool to enhance a country’s patriotic convictions. Within the philosophical debate, world-citizenship is embodied in cosmopolitanism and appears to have conflicting interest with patriotism. The former holds the conviction that all human beings have equal moral worth, whereas the latter advocates for a special concern for one’s fellow countrymen. In this thesis it is investigated whether these seemingly conflicting positions on morality can be taught simultaneously without conflicting one another. In order to investigate this question, the work of Martha Nussbaum is examined.Show less
