Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers: 0 (Issues of Our Time)

by KwameAnthonyAppiah (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2007

  $5.30

  Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, including history, literature, and philosophy-as well as the author's own experience of life on three continents-?Cosmopolitanism? is a moral manifesto for a planet we share with more than six billion strangers.

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  Paperback
  2007

  $12.41

  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.