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Religion and Contemporary Japanese Democracy.
(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Inoki Takenori
Public Spirit and Religion I assume that among Japanese there are a relatively large number of people who express a wish to be loyal to themselves or live in a manner honest to themselves. But such an attitude is premised on their own integrity and certainty. Given that humans are an animal that often becomes egocentric and ignorant, preventing rational judgment, then their desire to be true to themselves only means that they are being carried away in an egocentric way. Nothing can be more inconsistent with religious feelings than such an attitude.
Religion is inherently ...
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