A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a Multicultural WorldUniversity of Missouri Press, 07.11.2003 - 168 Seiten The 21st century is rife with tensions and conflict among cultures, peoples, and persons. In this thought-provoking book, Claes G. Ryn explores the great danger of turbulence and war and propounds a strongly argued thesis about what can make peaceful relations possible. |
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... considers some relevant traditional Western views and a few modern challenges to them. Chapter 3 argues that appreciation of the merits of other cultures requires first a deep allegiance to a particular culture. It proposes what it ...
... considering whether human experience might contain moral or aesthetical elements that transcend the distinctiveness of particular groups and societies and that might constitute a bond of shared humanity. These intellectuals simply deny ...
... considering the character of individuals as a source of conduct. To understand the origins of the sort of conduct that reduces rather than increases the danger of conflict and understand how society might assist in fostering such ...
... considers the view of human nature just described to be profoundly mistaken. Contrary to Christianity, he sees in man no lower inclinations, no original sin. Man is born good, and his nature remains good. Man as he once existed in his ...
... . An important question when considering the prospect for international peace is whether the more traditional Western view can reemerge in a form that incorporates the best of modernity Moral and Cultural Preconditions of Harmony 17.
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Chapter Five | 36 |
Chapter | 46 |
Chapter Seven | 60 |
Chapter Nine | 99 |
Chapter | 118 |
Appendix | 135 |
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