关键词: 阿皮亚 , 个性 , 认同 , 多元 , 伦理

Abstract: The conflict of identities has been threatening peace and stability in the multiple world. How to understand and solve the problems of identity has been a big challenge in our times. To reply to communitarian theory of “recognition”, Appiah founds the ethics of identity. He develops Mills theory on individuality development, focuses on peoples interests and individuality, analyzes how identity shape individuals by its ethical function, and puts forward that identity is not only about people “who are”but“who might be”. He takes governments as the main characters which can solve problems of individuality and identities with neutral principle. And also, Appiah proposes to solve the identity conflicts around the world with cosmopolitism, promotes the conversation among different groups, and establishes “the cosmopolitism of conversation”.Appiahs thought of individuality and identity is useful to the construction of peoples individuality and identities in China, and benefits the solutions of world problems which involves China.

Key words: Appiah , individuality , identity , multiple world , ethics