Princeton Philosopher Outlines Good Global Citizenship

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, delivered the keynote address at the 32nd annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education (AME), held at the Steinhardt School for Culture, Education, and Human Development on Nov. 16.

Following introductions by Steinhardt Dean Mary Brabeck, AME President John Snarey, and NYU President John Sexton, Appiah discussed “Civic Education, Moral Education, and Democracy in a Global Society” to a packed crowd of educators in the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Tracing the history of “cosmopolitanism” from ancient Greece to today’s globalized culture, Appiah argued that the tenets of cosmopolitanism—tolerance, diversity, humility, and commitment to dialogue—are the qualities necessary for good global citizenship.