The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Extreme pacifists >are thus very close to the anarchists, in the sense that both of these >groups lay an undue emphasis on the rights and merits of the >individual. The Bahá'í conception of social life is essentially based >on the subordination of the individual will to that of society. It >neither suppresses the individual nor does it exalt him to the point >of making him an anti-social creature, a menace to society.
Today that applies more to the libertarians than the anarchists. Tho" they are very similar in some of their views and even quote, usually unknowingly, each others literature. Don C -- - - - Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-549244-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
