Rereading Appiah, #2

From page xv of Cosmopolitanism, (quoted from Christoph Martin Wieland)

Cosmopolitans... regard all the peoples of the earth as so many branches of a single family, and the universe as a state, of which they, with innumerable other rational beings, are citizens, promoting together under the general laws of nature the perfection of the whole, while each in his own fashion is busy about his own well-being.

The perfection of the whole. I think we've moved slightly in that direction, but only inches compared to the miles that are necessary. I'm curious as to the mechanisms necessary to continue this promotion of perfection of the whole. It's something I intend to pursue.