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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... matters : Matters should not be decided by one person alone . They should be discussed with the multitude . In small matters , of less consequence , many others need not be consulted . It is only in considering weighty matters , where ...
... matters facing Japan . The history of other countries shows that these two actions have often effected a clean - up ... matter of practical politics , Yoshino advocated a par- liamentary system culminating in cabinets representative of ...
... matter how much the government is op- posed by parliament , no matter even if on occasion there are votes of non - confidence [ in parliament ] , the govern- ment unconcernedly continues in office . To put the theory in its worst light ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
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