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The perspective of a world citizen has affinities with an existentialist philosophical outlook in that world citizens:

• do not want to be categorized by any artificially imposed categories

and/or

• wish to identify themselves first and foremost as human beings and then by any groupings to which they may seem to belong.

Some world citizens may also:

• work for a reformed, strengthened, yet sufficiently decentralized United Nations which represents and responds to the will of the people of the world and adheres to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, similar to a federal system on the national scale

and/or

• work toward other developments to strengthen a common identity and harmony between their fellow world citizens on the planet, while respecting local and national loyalties and diversity.

World citizens are not limited to any specific faith or ideology, but will often adhere to the following:

1 Beliefs

• freedom from all national, racial, and religious prejudices
• belief in the basic equality of all genders

2 Support for

• democratic globalizationDemocratic globalization is a movement towards an institutional system that expands globalization by giving world citizens a say in world organizations. This would, in their view, by-pass nation-states, corporate oligopolies, ideological NGOs, cults and m
• elimination of povertyPoverty describes a wide range of circumstances associated with need, hardship and lack of resources, as well as the decision by some—e. ascetics, monks, and nuns—to live simply. For some, poverty is a subjective and comparative term; for others, it is mo
• international auxiliary languageAn international auxiliary language (sometimes abbreviated as IAL or auxlang is a language used for communication between people from different nations who do not share a common native language. See also lingua franca. The term "auxiliary" implies that its
• uniform system of weights and measuresThe definition, agreement and practical use of units of weights and measures have played a crucial role in human endeavor from early ages up to this day. Just to underline the importance of agreed units, the NASA Mars Polar Lander in December 1999 crashed
• universal currencyFor exchange rates, see here. A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is a form of money, where money is defined as a medium of exchange rather than e. a store of value. A currency zone is a country or region
• universal educationEducation encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. One of the fundamental goals of education is to impart culture across the generations (
• universal health careHealth care or healthcare as a general term refers to the delivery of medical services by specialist providers, such as midwives, doctors, nurses, home health aides, vaccination technicians and physician's assistants. Usually such services receive payment