Kwame Anthony Appiah Analysis
It Is What It Is
In our society there is a lot of tension revolving around concepts of morality. Constantly people are debating all over the world whether or not concepts like abortion, homosexuality, gambling, affairs, divorce, contraception, and premarital sex are morally acceptable or morally unacceptable. Right now there are even entire societies that believe the American way of life is morally unacceptable. In Moral Disagreement by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Appiah writes about differing values and morals around the world and within our society. He points out, “we aren’t the only people who have the concepts of right and wrong, good and bad; every society, it seems, has terms that correspond to these thin concepts” (658). However, these concepts …show more content…
To avoid this fear and hatred and eventually get rid of the cultural boundaries that prevent us from creating worldly cultures. We can start doing this by educating ourselves on the cultures of the world like Martha Nussbaum suggests, “- in addition to giving special attention to the history and current situation of their own nation -- learn a good deal more than is frequently the case about the rest of the world in which they live, about India and Bolivia and Nigeria and Norway and their histories, problems, and comparative successes...learn about the problems of hunger and pollution in India, and the implications of these problems for larger problems of global hunger and global ecology... be taught that they are above all citizens of the United States, or should they instead be taught that they are above all citizens of a world of human beings, and that, while they themselves happen to be situated in the United States, they have to share this world of human beings with the citizens of other countries” (668). This can help us to gain an understanding and acceptance of other cultures around the world. As well as an acceptance of our own place within the
In our society there is a lot of tension revolving around concepts of morality. Constantly people are debating all over the world whether or not concepts like abortion, homosexuality, gambling, affairs, divorce, contraception, and premarital sex are morally acceptable or morally unacceptable. Right now there are even entire societies that believe the American way of life is morally unacceptable. In Moral Disagreement by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Appiah writes about differing values and morals around the world and within our society. He points out, “we aren’t the only people who have the concepts of right and wrong, good and bad; every society, it seems, has terms that correspond to these thin concepts” (658). However, these concepts …show more content…
To avoid this fear and hatred and eventually get rid of the cultural boundaries that prevent us from creating worldly cultures. We can start doing this by educating ourselves on the cultures of the world like Martha Nussbaum suggests, “- in addition to giving special attention to the history and current situation of their own nation -- learn a good deal more than is frequently the case about the rest of the world in which they live, about India and Bolivia and Nigeria and Norway and their histories, problems, and comparative successes...learn about the problems of hunger and pollution in India, and the implications of these problems for larger problems of global hunger and global ecology... be taught that they are above all citizens of the United States, or should they instead be taught that they are above all citizens of a world of human beings, and that, while they themselves happen to be situated in the United States, they have to share this world of human beings with the citizens of other countries” (668). This can help us to gain an understanding and acceptance of other cultures around the world. As well as an acceptance of our own place within the