Question 2

I think the purpose of listing all the taboos is to show that they can lead to disagreements among many people. People can disagree about what they find gross and find normal. Many people have different habits that they portray, and whether one person thinks that habit is gross, is their decision. The effect that Appiah hopes to have on his readers is so they can see what different habits people have in different cultures. Even though something may disgust one person in one culture, another culture may disagree and be disgusted by something else. Everyone is different, and Appiah wants to show the differences between people and their "traditions." As i mentioned above, this strategy connects to the overall purpose because it shows how people can have different taboos or be disgusted by different things. It shows how people disagree about certain things and even though not one person may be right, they all have their different opinions about certain disgusts and why those things disgust them.