Five Moral PiecesHarcourt, 2001 - 111 síður Embracing the web of multiculturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today's world. What good, he asks in a talk delivered during the Gulf War, does war do in a world where the flow of goods, services, and information is unstoppable and the enemy is always behind the lines? What makes news today, who decides how it will be presented, and how does the way it is disseminated contribute to the widespread disillusionment with politics in general? In the most personal of the essays, Eco recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward such ugly manifestations today. And finally, in an intensely personal open letter to an Italian cardinal, Eco reflects on a question underlying all the reflections in the book: What does it mean to be moral or ethical when one doesn't believe in God? Thoughtful and subtle as well as pragmatic and relevant, these essays present one of the world's most important thinkers at the height of his critical powers. |
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... fact ( by no means a secret ) that ex- treme right - wing military organizations existed in America . The anti - Fascist theme , therefore , took on particular connotations in that context , and my his- torical observations were ...
... fact ( by no means a secret ) that ex- treme right - wing military organizations existed in America . The anti - Fascist theme , therefore , took on particular connotations in that context , and my his- torical observations were ...
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... fact that for tens of thousands of years humanity has used warfare as a solution for states of disequilib- rium has no more demonstrable value than the fact that in the same period humanity learned to resolve states of psychological ...
... fact that for tens of thousands of years humanity has used warfare as a solution for states of disequilib- rium has no more demonstrable value than the fact that in the same period humanity learned to resolve states of psychological ...
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... fact that it has managed to wish and to believe that all this is the truth . You are now free to leave the hypothesis to oth- ers : but admit that even if Christ were only the sub- ject of a great story , the fact that this story could ...
... fact that it has managed to wish and to believe that all this is the truth . You are now free to leave the hypothesis to oth- ers : but admit that even if Christ were only the sub- ject of a great story , the fact that this story could ...
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Reflections on War | 1 |
When the Other Appears on the Scene | 19 |
Migration Tolerance and the Intolerable 89 | 89 |
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