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...added that, "the Hebrew-Christian ethic, as it applies to the administrator, gives a high value to the individual." He concluded that out ethics have done very little to develop attitudes and behavior patterns to cope with our complex society...
...Schlesinger has opened too many doors without searching the rooms: what of the dominance of the American woman in setting the etiquette pace and incidentally inhibiting much vigorous thinking through the centuries? What of the effect on a nation of having an etiquette before it has an ethic? Are not manners surface characteristics rather than molders of men and nations, interesting as they are accepted or not accepted as realities or aspirations? Although some of these points, and many more, are touched on by Mr. Schlesinger's introduction and summary, they are undeveloped by the text. Perhaps they call...
...meant nothing to Pascal, the waiter at the Café de Flore, who was much more interested in tips. Both the Lettrists and the Sensorialists disdained the Flore. The Lettrists patronized more congenial spots on the Right Bank, of all places; the Sensorialists, for reasons connected with their erotic ethic, avoided all saloons. "France has had enough café literature," Sensorialist LeGrand had said. "Cafés are fine for anyone who merely wants adventures...
...Pure Ethic. The New Testament, says Dr. Scott, seems to "waver" between two basic ideas-that each man is an individual soul who must know and obey the will of God, and that each man must submerge his individuality in the great human brotherhood of which he forms a part. The Roman Catholic Church emphasized the social concept of Christianity; the Protestant Reformation reasserted the right of the individual to justify himself, in Paul's words, by faith alone. The truth, says Presbyterian Dr. Scott, is that Christ was never concerned with man-in-the-mass, but with showing...
...Jesus," says Dr. Scott, ". . . religion was no mere shell, enclosing an ethic, which was the kernel. He thought of morality as growing out of religion, and existing for the sake of it. The idea that you may discard the religion of Jesus and still retain his pure morality is utterly mistaken, for without the religion you have nothing...