Human rights can be hard for societies to live with.
ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY "Lessons for Societies," a lecture.
"It takes time for societies to change," he said.
Marriage is important to individuals regardless of their sexuality and it's important for societies and cultures.
Human relations are universalized into a metaphor for societies that devour their own.
This view made some sense for societies subject to catastrophic mortality from famines, plagues and wars.
It's easy for societies to move east or west between similar climates, for example, but very hard for societies to migrate north and south (you don't cross the Sahara on a whim in search of good farmland).
For societies that were still struggling with inadequate maps of their own countries, it was an unimaginable leap forward.
The hard part, he said, will be for societies to overcome a habit of focusing on present needs.
Paradoxically, conservatives of the alternate tradition long for societies that are more equal because they are more noble.
She says it is natural for societies to "make mistakes and get off balance," but then they correct themselves.
