Kwane Anthony Appiah Summary

Kwane Anthony Appiah is deeply invested in the theory of Cosmopolitanism, and which he defines as “it’s OK for people to be different.” The family dynamics in which he was raised is evident in his writing and allows him a unique perceptive of the world. Having a bicultural up bringing as well as a multicultural and political family permits him a critical perspective of various culture and philosophies which has help to sculpt his beliefs and values of the world. He believes that to achieve progress as individuals, in this global world, our nations are obligated to be accountable for it citizenship within the world (Taylor, 2009).

Giving his upbringing you do not have to go far to understand why he believes in cosmopolitanism. If as a person

He points out that the end result is the goal, therefore if two different societies do things two completely different ways but end up with the same result who are we to question this process are, his specific example of this it the explanation of matrilineal and patrilineal families and how these are 2 ways of organizing intergenerational responsibility for raining of children and both work

Imagine if this idea of cosmopolitism’s was presented by a white male who lived in nowhere ville, Idaho who had never traveled, never experience different cultures, never even talked to someone that was not American how much stock could you really invest in his proposal. The diversity that Appiah possesses just in his immediate family is enough to give believability, however his extended family and their active participation in his life gives him authority in the presentation of this