- The Honor Code illustrates the ideas of philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah whobelieves honor is the key to lasting social change from within. With a storyteller's flairand a philosopher's rigor, Appiah shows how the concept of honor propelled moralrevolutions in the past and can do so in the future too.—Anonymous
- If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah proves we can in The Honor Code.
Forbes Magazine listed Appiah as one of the worlds Seven Most Powerful Thinkers in 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Appiah the National Humanities Medal in 2012. And human rights groups around the world are applying Appiahs philosophies to propel moral revolutions worldwide.
As filmmaker Katy Chevigny reflected on the innovative thinkers reshaping the world for the better, she believed in the power of the humanities to foster meaningful change -- and found a shining example in the Ghanaian-British-American philosopher, Kwame Anthony Appiah. Illustrating Appiahs ideas with hand-drawn animation that transport us through the ages and across cultures, Chevigny makes a compelling argument for these global philosophic principles to make the world a better place.
Appiah believes recognition of the human need to protect ones honor is the key to lasting social change from within. With a storytellers flair and a philosophers rigor, Appiah shows how the concept of honor was transformed to end the centuries-old practice of lethal dueling in England, and to end the painful practice of foot binding among the Chinese elite. But honor is not merely a relic of the past, Appiah demonstrates how it can be a powerful tool in the moral revolutions of the present and future and is being used today by human rights groups on the ground to help end the practice of honor killings. With enthusiasm and a passion for positive change, Appiah explains, Once you point it out to people, they see a question of honor at the heart of almost all the big moral questions that face us in the world....If we get ourselves engaged in it in the right way...in a generation we can make great progress.
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