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 h...
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.
Suits someone (like me) who needs an antidote to shallow pond theorists (worth noting that part of his counterargument to the Singer principle draws upon opportunity costs, i.e.if I could sell my suit and use the gain to save 30 children in Bangladesh, I mi...
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作者很积极乐观。把当今世界人之间的差异和由此导致的道德问题从哲学角度探讨了一番。通过抽离出问题的本质，给出了一些简明实用的答案。(赞一下哲学)。感触比较深的有这些观点: The "primacy of practice" liberates us in the sense that we don't need to agree to get al...
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Not bad...but positioning yourself as someone like a traveller would probably endange the credibility of discussing a tolerance towards multi-culural equality.
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Cosmopolitanism