Problematyczna uniwersalność wartości uniwersalnych

Marina Noske

Abstract

The subject of the universal values has been widely used in literature. The following article shows that the values such as equality, independence, self-fidelity, the sense of security, humanism etc. which are quite often treated as cross-cultural may in some cultures be rated differently, misunderstood or even rejected and treated as anti-value. The base of my dissertation was the experience of the war between Japan and the USA which surprisingly revealed the fact that the assumption of some values, ethics and social conventions to be universal are incorrect.