Cosmopolitanism

In the Age Newspaper on the 7th of January 2014 an article called “Sydney cosmopolitanism drives boom in apartment living” by Susan Wellings, highlighted the increasing cultural diversity within Sydney and the force it has been placing upon the popularity of new apartments. While it was once the dream to own a free standing house, there has been a shift in opinion with many now fantasizing about a great apartment somewhere nearby transport, shops and cafes (Wellings, 2014). Wellings goes on to…

ideals in these areas can give rise to actions whose ethics and moral righteousness are highly debatable, exposing a communitarian argument. Two ethical frameworks can be used to understand this issue. Firstly, in support of the contention, cosmopolitanism argues that all humans constitute a single moral…

Cosmopolitanism is a word meaning; being free from local, provincial or national ideas, prejudices or attachments, it is derived from the Greek word kosmopolites, translated to “citizens of the world”. This is the philosophy that all human individuals regardless of their political relationships, should all be citizens making up a single community. The idea or notion of living within a cosmopolitanism society can provide us humans with a new understanding, a new outlook and a new perspective on…

Cosmopolitanism is inevitable because the hand of providence will push us this direction and what will happen essentially is as society becomes more democratic, then states will be less inclined to go war; states could go to war with whatever reason they like, essentially they were ruled by monarchs. Kant says in democracy “you have to convinve the population that you are going to be and that it is in your best interest to go to war. Therefore, this will be harder to do and will less likely to…

variety of roles in his idea of cosmopolitanism around the world: as a cultural artifice that is subject to adjustment, a subject that affects cultural change, and as an emulator for it. Religion to him is both a positive and negative force , however, he suspects that the progress made through cosmopolitanism will get diminished by the latter half. Globalization is a way to push the benefits of the developed world into the developing ones for Appiah’s aim to cosmopolitanism . As Appiah has…

As a human, we have the right to make the choices for ourselves without anyone’s interference. Thus this right cannot be violated by anyone beside yourself when it comes to making the decision. According to the novel The Cosmopolitanism Reader by Garret W. Brown and David Held, “one should always behave so as to treat with equal respect the dignity of reason and moral choice in every human being.” Reasoning and moral choice is what makes every human being seems unique if they…

Appiah and Cosmopolitanism Argument “Not because Socrates has said it, but because it is really in my nature, and perhaps a little more than it should be, I look upon all humans as my fellow-citizens, and would embrace a Pole as I would a Frenchman, subordinating this national tie to the common and universal one.” (Montaigne, 1533–1592) When reflecting on Appiah Cosmopolitanism Argument; I was embraced in the idea of how the world has evolved through centuries. Appiah has written two books on…

International Ethics are the guidelines for a state in making complex decisions regarding their relationships with other states, and non-state actors. The most robust school of thought for the globalized world is Cosmopolitan Ethics. Cosmopolitanism regards human beings as one in the same, no life is worth more or less than another, and it is the duty of the state to protect the rights of all humans until humanity can ultimately come together as one global society without regard to socially…

1. Based on the text from Appiah’s passage, he thinks Cosmopolitanism is a simple concept that means everyone should learn to look at each other as one big family and not as a branch of different communities. He believes that people should learn to associate and develop conversations with each other. However, he believes that cosmopolitanism has its own conflicts and that everyone cannot understand this idea because each person has an obligation to each other and an obligation to themselves.…

4) Although Anderson puts several insights as to how cosmopolitanism is defined, there is no particular condition that is most adequate. Anderson has several characteristics that are all equally essential in order for a person or place to be considered pluralistic. For example, if area has many different ethnicities represented but these ethnic groups remain separate from one another, this is not considered cosmopolitan. It is obligatory that all of the different conditions be met in order to…