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... better than another , neither can any society at one stage be judged to be better than that society at another stage . If this - is true , the abandonment of child sacrifice , say , or the adoption of the Bill of Rights cannot be ...
... better than another , neither can any society at one stage be judged to be better than that society at another stage . If this - is true , the abandonment of child sacrifice , say , or the adoption of the Bill of Rights cannot be ...
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... better than inflexible absolutism ; this is not enough to make it true . Untempered relativism fails to distinguish the various im- portant sizes of contexts - individual , social , and human - to which different values may be relative ...
... better than inflexible absolutism ; this is not enough to make it true . Untempered relativism fails to distinguish the various im- portant sizes of contexts - individual , social , and human - to which different values may be relative ...
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... better and worse , as Plato observed , " we are at issue about matters which to know is honorable and not to know dis- graceful . . . . On what other subject could a sensible man like better to talk ? " The effect of a liberal education ...
... better and worse , as Plato observed , " we are at issue about matters which to know is honorable and not to know dis- graceful . . . . On what other subject could a sensible man like better to talk ? " The effect of a liberal education ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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