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One is that empathy and self-control are the internal enforcers of the civilizing process. A lack of one or both is the sign of an uncivilized society or indivi
by ihsw2 8y ago
One is that empathy and self-control are the internal enforcers of the civilizing process. A lack of one or both is the sign of an uncivilized society or individual.
Another is that parents' authority over children is sacred, as well as the bonds of marriage and friendship.
- nkrisc 8y agoThese are very commonly recurring rules indeed, but that does not make them absolute nor are they universal.
- icebraining 8y agoEmpathy and self-control are not rights. They may inform rights, but different cultures see those as creating very different rights. parents' authority over children is sacred That's completely false, many societies (ours included) have imposed restrictions on how parents can raise their children, and sometimes in quite extreme ways (e.g. the Agoge[1]). And the child protection services in our modern Western societies take away plenty of children. The rights of parents over children are more like the authority of the king in the Little Price - absolute, as long as they only use it in certain ways. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoge