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Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah pens the Ethicist column for the New York Times, and is the author of the prize-winning Cosmopolitanism, among many other works. A professor of philosophy and law at New York University, Appiah lives in New York.

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah pens the Ethicist column for the New York Times, and is the author of the prize-winning Cosmopolitanism, among many other works. A professor of philosophy and law at New York University, Appiah lives in New York.

Awards

Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2010

Books by Kwame Anthony Appiah

  • The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Paperback, 2011

    "[Appiah's] work reveals the heart and sensitivity of a novelist. . . .Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written."—The New York Times Book Review
  • Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Paperback, 2007

    “A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”—Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell
  • The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Paperback, 2021

    A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
    As seen on the Netflix series Explained

    From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities...

  • Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    E Book, 2010

    “A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”—Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell
  • The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    E Book, 2011

    "[Appiah's] work reveals the heart and sensitivity of a novelist. . . .Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written."—The New York Times Book Review
  • The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    E Book, 2018

    A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
    As seen on the Netflix series Explained

    From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities...