Thich Nhat Hanh: Walking the Pathless Path to Peace
The recent demise of famous Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh brought to mind some poignant memories. I met him, literally in passing, in 1997 as a doctoral student while doing…
Saying “I love you” across cultures: Personal intimacy in High/Low Context Cultures
Love and its expression may be the single most significant and universal aspect of human experience, yet it is also one of the most diverse and varied in its cultural…
The Moral Psychology of Leadership: Summary of “Sensual Austerity and Moral Leadership: Perspectives From Plato, Confucius and Gandhi on Building a Peaceful Society”
In our recent book, Sensual Austerity and Moral Leadership: Perspectives From Plato, Confucius and Gandhi on Building a Peaceful Society we advance a two-fold thesis: One claim is that a close reading of classical social-political thought across major world cultures (represented in our study of Plato in the West, Confucius in east Asia, and Gandhi in south Asia) indicates that they all recognized an important connection between sensual austerity...
Shame Cultures, Guilt Cultures, and Fear Cultures: Social Ethics and Professional Ethics, East and West
The well-known distinction between “shame-cultures” and “guilt cultures” was popularized by anthropologist Ruth Benedict in her book The Chrysanthemum and the Sword in 1946 but...