Making Conversation Kwame Anthony Appiah Summary

A cosmopolitan advocate
Can cosmopolitanism a vision that explicates on how everyone should belong to the same community and share a common ground among mankind, become societies new reality? When integrating Yoshino’s idea of “the new civil rights” form his preface “Covering: The hidden assault on our civil rights”, Appiah idea of initiating conversation with other people to reach some sort of mutual understanding with those who are different from ourselves, can lead to the commemoration of cultural differences compared to the persecuting of those who we consider different. To initiate new civil rights, we must first become acquainted with our fellow inhabitant, therefore understanding the importance of cosmopolitanism in the first place.
However, we do need to meet each other half way, and take into consideration that everyone will have different views. For Example, in” Making conversation” by Appiah there is an example under the subtitle “Fighting For Good” That is related to how in America which is a very diverse country has mixed views on the topic of abortion whether one is pro-life or Pro-choice, in translation one either being for abortion or against it. Appiah also says “We find ourselves in conflict when do agree on values” (P.56), and when looking at both sides in regards to being pro-choice or pro-life both parties value human life in general. However, where both sides do not meet an equilibrium is how important a fetus is to both parties. This is a very controversial topic and conflict always rises when it’s brought up for discussion. Although, there’s a positive impact that has occurred within our society, when debating this topic it bring people together in a way where each person has the chance to share their views through conversation, and there is a chance one person might see where another person is coming from and it might cause them to change or tweak their own perspective and this goes for any topic or issue