Word: ethics
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...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...
...defense of public morals in Istanbul rushed one Ibrahim Hakki Konyali, a Turk of doubtful learning but steely ethic. Haled into court at his insistence was the publisher of the first Turkish translation of Aphrodite, by Pierre Louys, for 50 years a classic of carnality among Frenchmen and U. S. undergraduates. Istanbul bubbled like a hookah. Enlightened Turkish newspapers were highly incensed with Ibrahim Hakki Konyali. Then on Istanbul book stalls appeared a new Aphrodite, adorned with a photograph of a sculptured nude, billed as "the book everyone is talking about." The author: Ibrahim Hakki Konyali...