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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... constitutional government in Japan in 1916 , he prefaced his analysis of constitutional structures by pointing to the difference be- tween formal enactments and the political culture needed to sustain them : Whether or not constitutional ...
... constitutional ideas no matter how much the neces- sity of spreading constitutional thought is preached . In this connection I must turn to the small enlightened intel- lectual class in the upper ranks of society and express the hope ...
... constitutional government follow the proper course . Therefore , it is espe- cially important to impose strict penalties on the corrupt practices which may be carried on between the legislators and the people . . . . In this respect , a ...
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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