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Friendship and the Democratic Process | Kwame Anthony Appiah | Becoming Wise

Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah offers hope for quiet, sustained culture shift through the “endless shared conversation” of friendship. The writer of the New York Times “Ethicist” column studies how deep social change happens across time and cultures. “If you have that background of relationship between individuals and communities that is conversational, then when you have to talk about the things that do divide you, you have a better platform.”
Kwame Anthony Appiah is a professor of philosophy and law at New York University. His books include <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251001.Cosmopolitanism">Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8876803-the-honor-code">The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen</a>.
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