Full Idea
Cosmopolitans who claim that the same distributive principles should apply to all human beings seem to be denying that different states may make different judgements about how they want to allocate resources among their members.
Gist of Idea
Cosmopolitans reject the right of different states to distribute resources in different ways
Source
Adam Swift (Political Philosophy (3rd ed) [2014], 1 'Social')
A Reaction
If you want to be a citizen of the world, you have to face up to the pluralistic character of cultures. Do you thereby want to be a citizen of both California and Saudi Arabia? Or are you actually just becoming a citizen of nowhere?
Book Reference
Swift,Adam: 'Political Philosophy (3rd edn)' [Polity 2014], p.52