Global Public Goods and Self-Interest
Milton Fisk, Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, USA
05/24/2004
An alternative conception of globalization will need to give an important place to global public goods. Some current liberal views agree with this but operate on an importantly different view of public goods. They suppose that self-interest is an adequate basis for establishing public goods and in particular global public goods. However, this is too weak a basis, and instead what is needed is a cosmopolitan commitment that will have its roots in those whose vulnerability makes them seek the benefits of global public goods.
