The intent of this essay is to advance the idea of ​​which membership in a political community includes priority moral obligations towards its members. This essay will begin in the first section by exploring the concept of political community and the obligations associated with such association. The second section will present the argument why anti-cosmopolitans or communitarians believe that such priority should be duly accorded to members of a political community, over and above that of outsiders to that political community. The third section will address the flip side that cosmopolitans believe that all human beings are equal and that there should be no prioritization of moral duties in their efforts to imagine global governance in an attempt to emphasize universality and equality. The fourth section will further explore the tensions between general and associational duties, to assess whether it is possible to simultaneously fulfill both obligations through the lens of moderate cosmopolitanism. Section 1: Political communities and their obligations This section will seek to explain the key aspects that form the basis of the main argument. The main focus of the essay examines a political community which is a collective agreement between individuals that is intrinsically linked by a political relationship that includes rights and duties towards all its members. It is through such belonging that privileges and obligations are and usually are formed. delimited by political boundaries that draw a clear line between members and outsiders (Munoz 2012: 57). The virtue of belonging to a political community is closely linked to state building and... at the center of the article... Michael Walzer on international justice". Millennium Journal of International Studies Vol 29: 411-425.Pogge, Thomas. 1992. “Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty.” Ethics Vol 103 (1): 48-75Pogge, Thomas. 2002. “Cosmopolitanism: A Defense.” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy Vol 5 (3): 86-91.Shapcott, Richard. 2008. “Anti-cosmopolitanism, Pluralism, and the Cosmopolitical Harm Principle.” Review of International Studies Vol 34(2): 185-205.Tan, Kok-Chor. 2006. “Priorities for Compatriots: Commentary on Globalization and Justice.” Economics and Philosophy Vol 22: 115-123. Tebble, Adam James. 2006. “Exclusion for Democracy.” Political Theory 34: 463-487.Waseem, Afzal. 2008. “Community, Identity, and Knowledge: A Conceptual Framework for LIS Research.” Volume of the Electronic Journal of Research on Library and Information Sciences (LIBRES). 18 (1): 1-15.