Five Moral PiecesSecker & Warburg, 2001 - 111 síður embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of othe traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today's world. |
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Síða 16
... duty to proclaim the incon- ceivability of war . Even if there were no alternative solutions . At most , to remind people that our cen- tury has known an excellent alternative to war , and that is “ cold ” war . In the end , history ...
... duty to proclaim the incon- ceivability of war . Even if there were no alternative solutions . At most , to remind people that our cen- tury has known an excellent alternative to war , and that is “ cold ” war . In the end , history ...
Síða 17
... duty is to say that war today annuls all human initiative , and even its ap- parent purpose ( and someone's apparent victory ) cannot stop what has become the autonomous game of weights caught in their own net . War cannot be justified ...
... duty is to say that war today annuls all human initiative , and even its ap- parent purpose ( and someone's apparent victory ) cannot stop what has become the autonomous game of weights caught in their own net . War cannot be justified ...
Síða 87
... duty is to unmask it and to point the finger at each of its new forms- every day , in every part of the world . Once more I yield the floor to Roosevelt : " I dare to say that if American democracy ceased to progress as a living force ...
... duty is to unmask it and to point the finger at each of its new forms- every day , in every part of the world . Once more I yield the floor to Roosevelt : " I dare to say that if American democracy ceased to progress as a living force ...
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Reflections on War | 1 |
When the Other Appears on the Scene | 19 |
Migration Tolerance and the Intolerable | 89 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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