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Het Suid-Afrika 'n gemeenskaplike morele taal nodig?
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 51, No 1 | a5766 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v51i1.5766
| © 2019 D. J. Smit
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Submitted: 12 August 2019 | Published: 31 March 1995
Submitted: 12 August 2019 | Published: 31 March 1995
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D. J. Smit, Universiteit van die Wes-Kaapland, South AfricaFull Text:
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Does South Africa need a common moral language?
Many people are of the opinion that South Africa finds itself 'after Babel’ and needs a common moral language (1). The author considers some of the arguments of people who disagree with this analysis, because they do not define the problem in this way (2); because they find the language- or Babel-methaphor confusing (3); because they agree with the description of the problem, but not with the suggested solution, namely a common moral language (4); or because they accept the solution, but do not regard it as the proper task of the Christian church to be involved in this search for a common moral language (5).
Many people are of the opinion that South Africa finds itself 'after Babel’ and needs a common moral language (1). The author considers some of the arguments of people who disagree with this analysis, because they do not define the problem in this way (2); because they find the language- or Babel-methaphor confusing (3); because they agree with the description of the problem, but not with the suggested solution, namely a common moral language (4); or because they accept the solution, but do not regard it as the proper task of the Christian church to be involved in this search for a common moral language (5).
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