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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... military prowess can master the military arts and achieve merit in battle even without training himself in the Learning of the Mind . But because he will be lacking in vir- tue , he will get intoxicated with his physical prowess and ...
... military arts , then why not study the military arts of the man of humaneness against which no man under heaven can stand up ? In a battle situation or at a time when the application of martial prowess is required , those involved must ...
... military arts are practiced . To pursue the underlying principles of the moral nature and correct one's conduct in accordance with the Way is the civilizing function of letters ; to control the mind - and- heart and discipline one's ...
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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