Kwame Anthony Appiah

when it comes to university, there are two visions: Utility and Utopia. Utopia came from John Stuart Mill and he calls it “experiment on living”. This means it centers on getting student ready for the real world. In addition, Utility came from Kwame Anthony Appiah, and mentions how it focuses on the usefulness of college. They’re very different and lead to different metrics of success. In order to be successful in school, it’s imperative to balance yourself between the two visions.They both…

Kwame Anthony Appiah’s paper highlights the contamination of native cultures by globalizing influences. Surprisingly, Appiah wrote this piece after UNESCO’s came to an agreement for protection and promotion of the diversity within cultures. Whether the importunate to protect cultures or individuals is necessary, Appiah believes that the individual must be the focus of moral concern. Appiah realizes that although monoculture is still in existence today, their distinctiveness has diminished…

to do. According to Kwame Anthony Appiah (2015), article writer of New York Times Magazine, “What is the point of college?” he claims that young undergraduates go to college for one of two things: which is the intent to attend college for the good values of the consumer or the ability to acquire a good job. On most cases, many of them do not understand which one is more beneficial to them causing them to choose the wrong path. “College a place to learn such things,” (Appiah) but, do us…

Cosmopolitanism is, and how it is applicable to real-world situations. Perhaps one of its most notable thinkers, Kwame Anthony Appiah, argues…

brain and brain imaging to probe into the idea of free will. The two also explore prior studies to examine if they support or disprove free will. The two are drawn to the physical side of free will and examining the brain. Robert Nozick and Kwame Anthony Appiah,…

safety. Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses the struggles of living as an African American in some of his writing, including being defined as and by his race. In his excerpt “Racial Identities”, Kwame Anthony Appiah describes the struggles of living under modern racial stereotypes, suggesting that racially charged social identities can have detrimental effects on one’s individuality and one’s ability to be a functioning member of society. African Americans do not all share the same identity. Appiah…

Analysis of an Article by Anthony Appiah The article by Appiah “The Case for Contamination” gives an extended view of globalization and cultural changes. In the context of the article, globalization brings positive changes to the traditional ways of life. Specifically, the author demonstrates various forms of cultural interactions, which are an outcome of globalization (Appiah 6). At the beginning, the story gives a picture of the Ghanaians enjoying their traditional festivals that incorporate…

aware they are occurring. Subconsciously, an individual chooses to surround oneself with people that are similar to their own character. The way that individuals act with one another, is a basis for the ethical theories of philosophers. In the case of Appiah, his theory is that people behave in different ways at different times and can be inconsistent. Ariely shares a very similar view that consists of how an individual will act when given an immoral situation. On the other hand, Aristotle’s…

of one's culture with others it can change people from another culture. When one applies Kwame Anthony Appiah’s idea of Universals in Cosmopolitanism to the character, Nwoye in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Nwoye would change through the sharing of religion of the white men and other ideas. Nwoye could change throughout Things Fall Apart by the love he shared with other cultures about Christianity. Appiah states in Cosmopolitanism, “Once we have found enough we share, there is the further…

Cosmopolitanism, written by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Appiah tries to show the importance having culture, and how to solve debates between distinct cultures. In the book the golden rule is mentioned, in that one should respect other’s cultures even if it is different. If one were to apply the golden rule as talked about…