Kwame Anthony Appiah b. 1954
Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954) is a Ghanaian-American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Postcolonial Philosophy.
Kwame Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-British and American philosopher whose work has reshaped contemporary debates on ethics, identity, race, and cosmopolitanism. In My Father's House offered a critical philosophical history of African and African-American identity politics, while The Ethics of Identity and Cosmopolitanism defended a moral universalism rooted in conversation across difference rather than the dissolution of particular attachments. The Honor Code argued that moral revolutions are driven not by argument alone but by changes in the codes of honor that bind communities, and his New York Times Magazine column has made him one of the most widely read public philosophers writing in English.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Ghanaian-American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Postcolonial Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Kwame Anthony Appiah:
“Cosmopolitanism is the name not of the solution but of the challenge.”
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Attributed to Kwame Anthony Appiah:
“We are all heirs to and stewards of some part of a common human inheritance.”
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“Moral revolutions are driven by changes in the meaning of honor.”
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Attributed to Kwame Anthony Appiah:
“Identity is not a destiny but an inheritance with which we make our lives.”
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Attributed to Kwame Anthony Appiah:
“The conversation across difference begins with the recognition that we share enough to disagree intelligibly.”
Frequently asked about Kwame Anthony Appiah
- When was Kwame Anthony Appiah born?
- Kwame Anthony Appiah was born in 1954.
- Where was Kwame Anthony Appiah from?
- Kwame Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Kwame Anthony Appiah associated with?
- Kwame Anthony Appiah is associated with Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Postcolonial Philosophy.
- What is Kwame Anthony Appiah known for?
- Kwame Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-British and American philosopher whose work has reshaped contemporary debates on ethics, identity, race, and cosmopolitanism.
- How many quotes are attributed to Kwame Anthony Appiah?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Kwame Anthony Appiah in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.