Freedom v Responsibility

"... I am not a free, autonomous individual. I am a son, husband, father, grandfather, neighbour, colleague, student, teacher, citizen, friend. I have a very large number of relational obligations and responsibilities, which severely constrain what I do. These responsibilities occasionally frustrate or annoy, they more often satisfy and they are always binding ... And my individuality, if anyone wishes to keep the concept, will come from the specific actions I take in meeting my relational responsibilities."

(Rosemont, H., Jr. (1998) Confucianism and Human Rights, Cambridge University Press)

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Unconscious Planet

"There is nothing that destroys the world and the consciousness of people faster than injustice" (Taymiyyah)

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