Kwame Appiah Cosmopolitanism Summary
As countries rise and fall they develop a cultural identity based on their location and values. Strange traditions developed in places during the thousands of years of mostly isolationism countries experienced. As technology advanced ideas became easier to spread between formerly separate countries leading to a much more fluid culture. As the world advances and technology improves problems can arise in some areas and they must be looked at. Issues like gender imbalance in areas like China where there are many more boys than girls being born can have a huge problem on future populations. In Kwame Appiah’s “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers,” he talks about the idea of cosmopolitanism and people not being divided by cultures but
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Proper communication between these countries about the issue and how to fix it is very important. In the U.S studies and reports about the situation in China and India have been released it is not hidden, but very few people are actually talking about, it is not relevant to them. It’s understandable why we have issues here already and the demographics in China only affect us indirectly. “And, of course, the worldwide web of information, radio, television, telephones, and the internet means not only that we can affect lives everywhere but that we can learn about life anywhere, too.” (68, Appiah). With how easy it is for us to communicate with these countries and how easy it is for everyone else too that we would say something. It is arguable that this is a domestic issue that they can deal with alone, but the solution can have worldwide influence on populations especially with human rights. “As the first generation touched by sex-ratio imbalance grows up, the silent biological discrimination that is sex selection has been exacerbated by more visible threats to women, including sex trafficking, bride buying, and forced marriages.” (251, Hvistendahl). Human rights violations like sex trafficking are a world problem since human rights were established and slavery banned. While the problem is directly affecting them it should not be overlooked by other countries and they should be given help with a solution, and educating the populations about why it should be
Proper communication between these countries about the issue and how to fix it is very important. In the U.S studies and reports about the situation in China and India have been released it is not hidden, but very few people are actually talking about, it is not relevant to them. It’s understandable why we have issues here already and the demographics in China only affect us indirectly. “And, of course, the worldwide web of information, radio, television, telephones, and the internet means not only that we can affect lives everywhere but that we can learn about life anywhere, too.” (68, Appiah). With how easy it is for us to communicate with these countries and how easy it is for everyone else too that we would say something. It is arguable that this is a domestic issue that they can deal with alone, but the solution can have worldwide influence on populations especially with human rights. “As the first generation touched by sex-ratio imbalance grows up, the silent biological discrimination that is sex selection has been exacerbated by more visible threats to women, including sex trafficking, bride buying, and forced marriages.” (251, Hvistendahl). Human rights violations like sex trafficking are a world problem since human rights were established and slavery banned. While the problem is directly affecting them it should not be overlooked by other countries and they should be given help with a solution, and educating the populations about why it should be