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... culture to its point of view . We should then have a homogeneous , ruling culture pattern . As this pattern would include an estimate of man's nature and destiny , liberal education could mesh with this estimate and thus derive its ...
... culture to its point of view . We should then have a homogeneous , ruling culture pattern . As this pattern would include an estimate of man's nature and destiny , liberal education could mesh with this estimate and thus derive its ...
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... Cultural relativists want us to understand the way the various components of a culture belong together and derive their worth from their involvement with one another so we shall understand the danger of judging parts of a culture in ...
... Cultural relativists want us to understand the way the various components of a culture belong together and derive their worth from their involvement with one another so we shall understand the danger of judging parts of a culture in ...
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... culture , insofar as they facilitate the ordinary , casual , unfateful aspects of human relations , are friends rather than enemics of freedom . If a culture disintegrates to the point where we find ourselves seriously in doubt so that ...
... culture , insofar as they facilitate the ordinary , casual , unfateful aspects of human relations , are friends rather than enemics of freedom . If a culture disintegrates to the point where we find ourselves seriously in doubt so that ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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