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born 1954 Ghana
Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 8 May 1954) is a Ghanaian-British philosopher, cultural theorist, novelist and public intellectual. He is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University and is internationally recognized for his work on ethics, identity, cosmopolitanism and political philosophy.
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Once you start offering reasons for ignoring the interests of others, however, reasoning itself will usually draw you into a kind of universality."
To create a life is to create a life out of the materials that history has given you."
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."
My people—human beings—made the Great Wall of China, the Sistine Chapel, the Chrysler Building: these things were made by creatures like me."
I am urging that we should learn about people in other places, take an interest in their civilizations, their arguments, their errors, their achievements, not because that will bring us to agreement, but because it will help us get used to one another.
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