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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... warrior / ruler class , that is , they raise the issue again of what is true nobility . In much of the epic Rama performs as a heroic warrior on behalf of righteousness , but early on a crucial scene involves the due consecration of ...
... warrior's constant resort to force , the house laws themselves encourage civility in the form of respect for elders , for learning , and for poetry— alongside maxims more typical of a warrior - driven expedi- ence , like " Call the warrior ...
... Warrior that celebrated spontaneous bravery and physical prowess as opposed to the rational moral judgment that should guide the leader in an age of peace and civility . In the following passage we recognize Tōju's characterization of ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shōtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
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