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Global Citizenship
Controversy, however, exists on the exact definition of global citizenship as many groups and researchers offeroffer different views and perspectives regarding global citizenship. Global citizenship in regard to sustainable development is basically an umbrella term for the socio-political and environmental actions of all individuals and communities globally. In simple terms,, it simply means that global citizenship is the belief and networks (both local and non-local) that affectaffect isolated societies. On the other hand, Kant’s appeal for perpetual peace highlights the need for global peace. Kant’s appeal for all states to unite in a federal in a bid to create a global order clearly demonstrates the meaning of global citizenship. According to Rice (76) he points out that like war and slavery, poverty is manmade, not natural, and, therefore, there is a need to end this menace through human actions. It goes unnoticed that the only way to eradicate this menace is through the actions of human beings. In regard to global citizenship, therefore, people can come together and solve the world’s biggest problems such as poverty. It is no exaggeration that by working together, global citizens can achieve tangible and specific outcomes that result in a reduction or rather an end to poverty across global countries. According to (Baraka 35 minutes), the film portrays how religious rituals unite people and, more importantly, highlights the acts of poverty in different parts of Asian countries. This therefore, presumably translates that global citizenship can be fundamental in eradicating this global menace. Most notably, various values can help solve poverty in the world, and they include; the value of thinking deeply and fairly on equitable and just act, the value of standing up for people’s beliefs, the value of building a more peaceful world for others, the value of solving fierce conflicts among countries or people, the value of promoting economic development, the global citizen education and most importantly the value of respecting peoples way of living, opinions and human rights.
While many people are in support of the status quo claim that global citizenship does not help in eradicating poverty, various researchers and groups demonstrate that global citizenship can help in curbing and eradicating poverty globally.
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Global citizenship helps in eradicating poverty, most importantly since it promotes economic development, a fundamental tool that creates a roadmap for poverty eradication. According to Katherine (379) he drawing on Malthus demonstrations argued that the world population tends to grow geometrical, which goes to show that in a finite world, people should look for ways of increasing the world’s goods as the per capita share keeps decreasing as population increases. This, therefore, it is evident that economic development that moves towards creating or increasing food production in various economies can help solve this economic problem. Moreover, Katherine (380) further lays it bare that in order to live, any organism, for example, should have food both for maintenance and work. It is therefore interesting to note that by promoting economic development, global citizenship will apparently promote an increase in food production, which will ultimately solve the poverty problem. In a nutshell, by addressing inequality, volatility, and limited provision of pubic goods among various countries, global citizenship also help in weeding off poverty.
In contrast, various groups, however, demonstrate that some decisions done by global citizens might result in a setback, such as underdevelopment of their own country. Most people argue that concentrating too much on ending poverty in other countries may result in the underdevelopment of one’s country as more time is used to develop other countries rather than one’s own country. However, this is not true since Katherine (388) in his illustrations amplifies Paul Goodman’s sentiments that no good thing as ever befallen people who feel guilty, who doesn’t have compassion, and those who have personal interests. This presumably translates that having the interest of others coming first is the best thing that can happen to man or people. He further states that one needs not to be professional in order to see his responsibilities in regard to helping others. Notably, this implies that by being “responsible,” one should be ready to act against his own interest or one’s countries interests. In essence, it is clear that the claims by the opponents of global citizenship on the aspect of one country’s interest are basically lack of responsibility, and, therefore, all global citizens should strive to be responsible by going against their interests or their countries’ interests.
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In view of the above illustrations, it goes unnoticed that global citizenship is a prudent aspect is it helps tame poverty. By encouraging various initiatives such as economic development that creates a roadmap in fighting poverty, global citizenship should be encouraged by global bodies such as the UN. In a nutshell, all countries should aim at instilling the acts of global citizenship among their citizens as its advantages outweigh its shortcomings by a great margin.
Work cited
Rice, Susan E. “The threat of global poverty.” The National Interest 83 (2016): 76-82.
Baraka. (2014, December 18). Retrieved June 04, 2020, from http://www.documentarytube.com/videos/baraka
Katherine, Amber L. Greening philosophy: A fresh introduction to the field. KendallHunt Publishing Company, 2011.