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Kwame Anthony Appiah

Cosmopolitanism

 
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Now, more than ever, we need to be talking to people we disagree with, says philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. Rejecting the common wisdom of the inevitable "clash of civilizations," Appiah advocates a constructive dialogue, to uphold ethics in a world of strangers. It's a concept called Cosmopolitanism.
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