Reaction Paper: Appiah’s Cosmopolitanism

Reaction Paper Name of Student Institution Affiliation Reaction Paper Appiah’s Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers first chapter is comprised of two parts. The first part, A Traveler’s Tale, he introduces Sir Richard Francis, a well-traveled linguist, and a swordsman. His travels and open-mindedness contributed to him being admitted to Mecca and Medina as a pilgrim, places only reserved for Muslims. The author defines cosmopolitanism by separating the concepts of globalization and separatism. Appiah brings out the idea of the shattered mirror that depicts the word requires openness as portrayed by the life of Sir Francis. In the second part, Beyond the Mirror, Appiah compares how Muslims and Christians coexist and embrace each other despite the glaring differences in their religions. The concept of cosmopolitanism is depicted here where people of different cultures and religions, the shattered glass, can live together accepting that there exist multiple sets of moral truths in the society. In chapter two, the author portrays professional relativism where ethnographers and anthrop...