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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... Teaching and disseminates virtue here below , he is called " humane . " Because he has transformed himself , he is called " king . " The humane king's ability is to protect ( hu ) . What is protected is the state . This is possible ...
... teaching are all set forth therein . Nei- ther teachers nor students can dispense with it . Art is what reveals to us the state of perfection . ( SJT I , 155 ) There was nothing new in the idea that the full truth eluded expression in ...
... teach the way of " self - discipline for the gov- ernance of men " which began with such household duties as ... Teachings on rulership should follow the example of the three ancient dynasties of China , during which there were great ...
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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