Analysis Of The Book Cosmopolitanism Ethics And A World...

Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher who deserves great recognition in this age. After earning his Ph.D at Cambridge University he went on to teach at many Ivy League schools. He wrote the book Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers which touches on many of the controversial topics of our present time and connects them to past problems that now seem to have a clear solution. Appiah s discussions of various topics point out many of the difficulties faced by the HIV/AIDS victims, who are gone into more detail by Helen Epstein, author of AIDS, Inc., and the ordeals that women have been put through in order to escape the gruesome rituals that have been required for their marriage. Conversation is the root of cosmopolitanism. Appiah mentions that we need to develop habits of coexistence: conversation in its older meaning, of living together, association (Appiah 48), supporting the idea of cosmopolitanism by encouraging tolerance and understanding between every being, not just on a international level, but also on an individual level. This also ties into multiculturalism in a simple and straightforward definition: the existence of many cultures in one place. In order for all cultures to function peacefully there must be a strong sense of conversation, in both its older meaning and its simple meaning of talking to one another. Appiah s childhood town; Kumasi, located in the capital of Ghana s Asante region; was a melting pot of cultures. Appiah gives noShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesLinda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America Joanne Meyerowitz, ed., History and September 11th John McMillian and Paul Buhle, eds., The New Left Revisited David M. Scobey, Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape