Ethics and Cosmopolitanism

While Aristotle conceives Ethics and Political Philosophy as complementary doctrines, in Medieval thought, the former has priority.  For, in that era, the former is conceived as governing the Soul, the latter as governing the Body, and the Soul as superior to the Body.  Now, that order of rank is not necessarily determined by explicit Theological premises, e. g. it is also a consequence of Kant's priority of Noumenon over Phenomenon.  But, Kant's system also entails another priority--Universal over Individual, which does not necessarily presuppose Soul-Body dualism.  Thus, in his writings on History, as well in the Moral writings of Hume and Hegel, a different, concrete contrast begins to emerge--that of Universal social organization to Particular ones.  On that basis, the Ethics-Politics distinction is that of Cosmopolitanism to Tribalism, Civicism, and Nationalism, as is, therefore, the traditional priority.  In other words, concrete Ethics and Cosmopolitanism are one and the same.