Response to "Proximity Partiality" by Corbin Brassard

In this post, I will be responding to Corbin Brassard's post, entitled "Proximity Partiality."
http://corbinbrassard.blogspot.com/2013/03/proximity-partiality.html?showComment=1362967293378#c9166677569819653079


In Corbin's post, he argues that everyone should be partial to the people close to them, and if everyone does this, then everyone will be cared for. For me personally, I like the idea of cosmopolitanism. However, I also am aware that it is not really possible to be a true cosmopolitan. I really like Corbin's argument and I agree with him that partiality by proximity is probably the best way to care for everyone, if everyone follows it. Although true cosmopolitanism does not allow for any partiality whatsoever, I feel like in a way, the end result of partiality by proximity is cosmopolitanism because if everyone is partial to the people around them, then the end result is that everyone is cared for. If people know that this is the result of being partial to their neighbors, then aren't they choosing to be partial for the benefit of everyone? In this way, I now believe that people who are partial to the people close to them for the benefit of everyone, are actually cosmopolitans.