Cosmopolitanism : ethics in a world of strangers

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Title:

Cosmopolitanism : ethics in a world of strangers

Author:

Appiah, Anthony.

ISBN:

9780141027814

Personal Author:

Appiah, Anthony.

Publication Information:

London : Penguin, 2007, c2006.

Physical Description:

xix, 196 p. ; 20 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

First published in the U.S.A. by W.W. Norton, 2006.

Contents:

Shattered mirror -- Escape from positivism -- Facts on the ground -- Moral disagreement -- Primacy of practice -- Imaginary strangers -- Cosmopolitan contamination -- Whose culture is it, anyway? -- Counter-cosmopolitians -- Kindness to strangers.

Subject Term:

Ethics.

Conduct of life.

Cosmopolitanism.

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Summary

This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives the ancient philosophy of Cosmopolitanism, which dates back to the Cynics of the 4th century, as a means of understanding the complex world of today. Arguing that we concentrate too much on what makes us different rather than recognising our common humanity, Appiah explores how we can act ethically in a globalised world.