Nobility and CivilityHarvard University Press, 15. okt 2004 - 256 pages Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? |
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... Mount Hiei for twelve years ) isolate themselves as a class separate from the rest of society ( Hui - yuan's position ) , but in his curricu- lar choices he recognized the distinct difference between the two traditions and affirmed ...
... Mount Hiei , esotericism soon became dominant . Initially Saichô had thought of establishing a center for scripture study and ecumenical discussion of Buddhist doctrine . But even he recognized the growing importance of esoteric ritual ...
... Mount Hiei , and when victorious , he burned to the ground the many temple buildings on the mountain and ruthlessly slaughtered all of their inhabitants . As he was no paragon of ethical sensitivity , it is not surprising that at the ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
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