In his acclaimed book Cosmopolitanism, Kwame Anthony Appiah overcomes the divisive sectarian rhetoric of politicians and fundamentalists with a true ethic for the era of globalization, inspired by the ancient Greek ideal of cosmopolitanism. Originally a paradoxical term, the word suggests that a human being is not only a citizen with allegiance to one "polis," but also a citizen of the entire cosmos, alongside everyone else.
In this event, Dr. Appiah will link his Ghanaian roots and education in Great Britain and the U.S. to his own realization of cosmopolitanism and discuss its implications for the future peace and well-being of the world.
Kwame Anthony Appiah is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor
of Philosophy and the Center for Human Values at Princeton University. His
books include
The Ethics of Identity and Experiments in Ethics.
