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Kwame Anthony Appiah Vision Of Cosmopolitanism

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Due to the invention of modern technology, America has become the melting pot of different cultures and it shows most people are open to becoming cosmopolitan. The invention of technology have given society the ability to communicate with each other from all over the world. Americans have not fully embraced the idea of mutually agreeing about a topic through conversation alone because not every generation of people can see eye to eye. For example, the millennials and the Baby Boomers have two different perspectives on life because of their upbringing and many other factors. There is no peaceful mutual agreement between topics such as abortion, gay marriage or police brutality between the generations. Each group has grown up with different values so they have preconceived notions regarding certain topics which is why we need to “value language [it] helps shape common responses of thought, action, and feeling” (Appiah 73). Conversations are important because it opens up our minds to change, and it stops the spread of imaginative engagement, people need to experience certain things for themselves instead of hearing about it. New technology has caused Kwame Anthony Appiah’s vision of cosmopolitanism to come …show more content…

The use of computers allows people to publicize their conversation on social media which limits the amount of false information people receive and sparks the urge to protest. This allows for both parties to express their beliefs to the public and allows for other members of society to educate them and tell them whether their thoughts are ethical or not. Having a conversation does not make a social change, it just sparks the movement towards it. Appiahs idea of cosmopolitanism is only valid when someone is communicating with another person in their generation because they have a similar upbringing and

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In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay, “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not be Tweeted”, he compares the structures of social activism with how personally invested or connected a person is in the movement as well as the risks. Gladwell concludes believing the internet, or mainly social media is an ineffective tool for creating social and political change. He focuses on activism during the civil rights movement, mainly, the Greensboro sit-ins. For modern society, Gladwell focuses on activism in the “so-called Twitter Revolution” (171). It was the first of February, 1960, at four-thirty when four African American college students sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, which did not serve blacks

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I agree with both Gladwell’s and Carr’s claims of the influence of technology on us. Gladwell begins to first mention the idea of social media activism (new activism) in the essay with, “The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism. With Facebook and Twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate, and give voice to their concerns (Gladwell 310).” Gladwell claims “political authority and popular will has been upended,” that technology is creating a societal relationship where there is no system of hierarchy, therefore creating no set system of order and balance; everyone is to have an equal say in any

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Carr writes, “ I'm just seeking convenience, but because that way I THINK has changed”(33). For him, the internet is a way for him to access information quicker than using a book, or any other medium. This constant use of the internet has altered his thought process, in which he now it is easier for him to use the internet rather than reading a book. When writing about how the web has brought about change, Gladwell claims, “ Where activists were once defined by their causes, they are now defined by their tools. Facebook warriors go online to push for change (43).”

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People in their society and even now for that matter have become so addicted to technology and to the chase that they don’t pay that much attention to what’s going on around them. This has become a major problem such as people have turned into nontalking people that don’t associate with people who don’t care or think and that don’t voice their own opinion or perspective on things. An example of technology as a distraction is we don’t understand each other as we think we do and part of that we have all these distractions. Such as, emailing, texting, or talking online. We all get easily distracted and misunderstand what others may be saying.

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The Balance of Acceptance Being on two different extremes on a spectrum, one would never think that there could be similarity between passive and aggressive. That similarity is acceptance. Without the balance of passive and aggressive, acceptance would not be possible. It is impossible to accept something or someone without being passive. A perfect example of this would be Kwame Appiah, an author who firmly believes in Cosmopolitanism.

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In response to Sheryl Turkle’s essay “No Need to Call” wherein she states “Technology is always on, always at work, and always on call”, (Turkle) I believe with advances in technology almost everyone uses some sort of technology to communicate. Technology with the control of communication is good because it engages the homebound population, enables quick communication, and distributes information globally. Primarily, technology with the control of communication is good because it engages the homebound population. With advances in technology people who are homebound have the opportunity to interact with their doctors by phone, by email, or by facetime without leaving their homes.

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In Appiah's essay "Racial Identities" the author illustrates the point that just because an individual's extrinsic appearance looks as though he or she should belong to a certain group of people it is ultimately up to them to choice their identity. His principal and abiding concern is how we as individuals construct ourselves in a language with the social condition in a persons everyday life. Appiah analyzes the convolution of this process of individuals forming into one identity, emphasizing the opportunities as well as the dangers for self-creation in today’s a culturally mixed world. Appiah’s critique of these large collective identities (whites, Africans, African Americans, and Hispanics) aren't designed to deny their legitimacy but to

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Martha Nussbaum's main argument in her article is that cosmopolitanism should be a widely accepted philosophy for politics, education, and how humans treat each other. If others were taught to become a "citizen of the world" (668) and to not just focus on one culture or belonging to one group, the world could come together and acknowledge that humans are all equal. Nussbaum references another philosopher, Richard Rorty, to help her develop her own argument by refuting his original statement of the importance of nationalism and patriotism in our society. In the beginning, of Nussbaum's article she starts her argument with a point that Rorty had made about ‘politics of difference’ being an ‘internal division among America's ethnic, racial, religious, and other sub-groups’ (668). Nussbaum interprets this exert from Rorty's article by summarizing her own idea of his article stating, "He nowhere considers the possibility of a more international basis for political emotion and concern.

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In modern society, technology and commerce have allowed human beings to not only think of their reality as the near territory that they live in but more universally. It is possible to participate and imagine what is going on in the lives of distant others. Cosmopolitanism unifies everyone in protecting humanity as a whole especially considering these circumstances. As a result of this, a collective mentality can exist. To elaborate on a specific example, global warming is an international problem that affects humanity as a whole.

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At the most basic level, the key concept of any strand of cosmopolitanism is of “one who is a citizen of the world” (Caney 2010, pp.146-147). The core concept of pacifism is that violence and killing are wrong and therefore, war is never justified but we must commit to peace instead (Fiala 2014). The ideas of transformational pacifism advocate for the creation of a new world system which would reject the dominant ideas of violence and war systemically (Fiala 2014). This paper will aim to examine the link between three strands of cosmopolitanism and transformational pacifism and argue that these theories can and should work together for maximum efficacy.

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