Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (Issues of Our Time)“A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”—Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, including history, literature, and philosophy—as well as the author's own experience of life on three continents—Cosmopolitanism is a moral manifesto for a planet we share with more than six billion strangers. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 13 |
CHAPTER 3 | 33 |
CHAPTER 5 | 69 |
CHAPTER 6 | 87 |
CHAPTER 7 | 101 |
CHAPTER 8 | 115 |
CHAPTER 9 | 137 |
CHAPTER 10 | 155 |
Acknowledgments | 175 |
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