Vier Modelle einer globalen Ordnung in kosmopolitischer Absicht

Abstract

The article is conceived as a contribution to 'International Political Theory' and pursues two goals. The first is to systematize the many-sided discussion on a good global order. Four basic models of global order with cosmopolitan intent are reconstructed and the empirical premises built into each model identified: the intergovernmental model of global order, cosmopolitan pluralism, cosmopolitan federalism, and cosmopolitan democracy. The empirical evidence for developments favouring these models is then considered. Secondly, the relationship between normative and empirical propositions is to be established in more general terms in order to promote the necessary debate between political theory and international relations. It can be shown that differences in the empirical assessment underlying the models appear to be more important for the design of a global order than differences in the justification-theoretical procedures or moral principles behind them.