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 3
... intellectual function lies in delving for ambiguities and bringing them to light . The first duty of the intellectual is to criticize his own travel- ing companions ( " to think " means to play the voice of conscience ) . It may happen ...
... intellectual function lies in delving for ambiguities and bringing them to light . The first duty of the intellectual is to criticize his own travel- ing companions ( " to think " means to play the voice of conscience ) . It may happen ...
Síða 4
... intellectual function is de- tached from morality . It is a moral decision when we put it into practice , just as it is a moral decision that prompts the surgeon to cut into living flesh in order to save a life . But when the time comes ...
... intellectual function is de- tached from morality . It is a moral decision when we put it into practice , just as it is a moral decision that prompts the surgeon to cut into living flesh in order to save a life . But when the time comes ...
Síða 16
... intellectual duty to proclaim the incon- ceivability of war . Even if there were no alternative solutions . At most ... intellectual . What struck some as the silence of intellectuals about war was perhaps their fear of talking about it ...
... intellectual duty to proclaim the incon- ceivability of war . Even if there were no alternative solutions . At most ... intellectual . What struck some as the silence of intellectuals about war was perhaps their fear of talking about it ...
Efni
Reflections on War | 1 |
When the Other Appears on the Scene | 19 |
Migration Tolerance and the Intolerable | 89 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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