Conversation doesn’t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one another
I believe there are universal moral values - some of which are very well served by a cosmopolitan attitude. You can think that there are universal va… - Kwame Anthony Appiah
I believe there are universal moral values - some of which are very well served by a cosmopolitan attitude. You can think that there are universal va…
- Kwame Anthony Appiah
A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one. - Kwame Anthony Appiah
A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.
I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I think, in a c… - Kwame Anthony Appiah
I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I think, in a c…
The challenge, then, is to take minds and hearts formed over the long millennia of living in local troops and equip them with ideas and institutions … - Kwame Anthony Appiah
The challenge, then, is to take minds and hearts formed over the long millennia of living in local troops and equip them with ideas and institutions …
Cosmopolitans begin, I think, with a sense of one thing we all certainly share, which is our fallibility. Nobody has reason to be confident that they… - Kwame Anthony Appiah
Cosmopolitans begin, I think, with a sense of one thing we all certainly share, which is our fallibility. Nobody has reason to be confident that they…
Conversations...begin with the sort of imaginative engagement you get when you read a novel or watch a movie or attend to a work of art that speaks f… - Kwame Anthony Appiah
Conversations...begin with the sort of imaginative engagement you get when you read a novel or watch a movie or attend to a work of art that speaks f…
There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them in concrete s… - Kwame Anthony Appiah
There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them in concrete s…
The version of cosmopolitanism that I favor is exactly about balancing universality and difference. Many people who believe rightly in universality, … - Kwame Anthony Appiah
The version of cosmopolitanism that I favor is exactly about balancing universality and difference. Many people who believe rightly in universality, …
In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you're playing - Kwame Anthony Appiah
In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you're playing
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