Speaking of Identities
We must speak about identities carefully, recognizing both their importance and their constructed nature
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher and author writing on identity, ethics, and cosmopolitanism
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- The Philosophy of 'As If' — Kwame Anthony Appiah
We live by useful fictions that structure our experience
- Science and Religion — Kwame Anthony Appiah
We can be both scientific and spiritual
- Cosmopolitanism and Ethics — Kwame Anthony Appiah
Cosmopolitanism requires us to recognize our obligations to people everywhere
- The Essence of Identity — Kwame Anthony Appiah
Identity is not something fixed and essential; it is constructed and contextual
- Ways of Belonging — Kwame Anthony Appiah
Religion can be identity, practice, and creed all at once
- Ethics and Identity — Kwame Anthony Appiah
Ethics demands that we look beyond our own communities
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