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... tion ; and insensitivity to the virtues of other cultures and perspec- tives entrenches provincialism with its overtones of arrogance . Oblivion to differences or the deliberate attempt to gloss over them is never virtue . Insofar as ...
... tion ; and insensitivity to the virtues of other cultures and perspec- tives entrenches provincialism with its overtones of arrogance . Oblivion to differences or the deliberate attempt to gloss over them is never virtue . Insofar as ...
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Huston Smith. tion and increased interdependence . Today when a man is laid off from his job in a depression or recession he ... tion's needing to intervene to insure this is a belief that is slowly fading as the frontier itself gradually ...
Huston Smith. tion and increased interdependence . Today when a man is laid off from his job in a depression or recession he ... tion's needing to intervene to insure this is a belief that is slowly fading as the frontier itself gradually ...
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... tion of practical morality in the world . Lest the proposal to reverse this trend sound again ( so confused are we in our thinking about value ) like proselyting and manipula- tion , we must recall for a final time some things we tried ...
... tion of practical morality in the world . Lest the proposal to reverse this trend sound again ( so confused are we in our thinking about value ) like proselyting and manipula- tion , we must recall for a final time some things we tried ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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