Ethos
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In line with the bottom-up, do-it-yourself
ethos
of the Internet, where people book their own flights, publish their own photos, and sell their own second-hand goods, it should be the users’ responsibility to do their own fact-checking.
His creed became the
ethos
of a decade of corporate and financial-sector excesses that ended in the late 1980’s collapse of the junk-bond market and the Savings & Loan crisis.
Recognizing the “Jewish state” would be a betrayal of the constituent
ethos
of Palestinian nationalism, while intrusive security arrangements would be a standing invitation to radical groups to fight what would be seen as occupation in disguise.
But emphasizing the reduction of social inequalities does not sit easily with America’s profoundly individualistic ethos, and the attempt to “Europeanize” the nature of the social contract between the state and its citizens might yet crash against the constitutive principles of the American system.
In the ancient world, Athenians identified with their city’s democratic ethos, while Spartans prided themselves on their city’s reputation for military discipline and strength.
Of course, today’s urban areas are huge, diverse, and pluralistic, so it may seem strange to say that a modern city has an
ethos
that informs its residents’ collective life.
Yet the differences between, say, Beijing and Jerusalem, suggest that cities do have such an
ethos.
And a city’s
ethos
shapes more than its leaders.
In both cases, despite objections to the ruling ideology’s specific tenets, few reject the
ethos
itself.
Montreal is a relatively successful example of a city in which Anglophones and Francophones both feel at home, but language debates nonetheless dominate the political scene – and structure an
ethos
for the city’s residents.
Paris, on the other hand, has a romantic
ethos.
This matters in part because cities with a clear
ethos
can better resist globalization’s homogenizing tendencies.
Cities with a strong
ethos
can also accomplish political goals that are difficult to achieve at the national level.
Yet cities like Hangzhou, Portland, and Vancouver take pride in their “green” ethos, and go far beyond national requirements in terms of environmental protection.
This means following the social-democratic
ethos
of pursuing ample social spending for health, education, training, apprenticeships, and family support, financed by taxing the rich and closing tax havens, which are gutting public revenues and exacerbating economic injustice.
But this hesitant acceptance of a certain normality in its relations with its neighbors has always been vulnerable to a sudden eruption of Russia’s famously irrational “derzhava” – an aggressive
ethos
that glorifies the state and asserts its strength by pouncing on weakness.
But, while early Zionism was blessed with pragmatism and diplomatic savoir-faire, the preponderance of the military
ethos
of the nation in arms has relegated Zionism’s extraordinary foreign-policy achievements to a remote corner of Israelis’ collective memory.
The positive
ethos
of building a new society was supposed to compensate for the poverty of the territorial solution.
The
ethos
of Israel’s far right consists in its insistence on blurring this distinction.
Their efforts would be supported by the re-orientation of public institutions (and governance more broadly) away from benefiting the privileged few toward an
ethos
of service to all of the country’s citizens.
It is this vital multilateral
ethos
that Europe must champion.
Hu pledged to replace Deng’s elitist
ethos
of “letting one part of the population get rich first”– a policy that has produced a staggering wealth gap – with a more egalitarian approach.
A new constitution that protects minority rights and the basic
ethos
of the country should be drafted, and all political parties should operate according to rules that ensure transparency and commitment to the democratic process.
Such support could come, among others, from those who - for whatever reason - never enter politics themselves, but who agree with the former, or at least share the
ethos
underlying their actions.
The missionary
ethos
of American civilization helps to explain its conduct as a global power.
For these reasons, the ways in which America assumes its global responsibilities must embody those premises that alone may save civilization as a whole: this way should be imbued with a new spirituality, a new
ethos
and new ethics; exactly with the things that should be adopted by all cultures, all spheres of civilization and all nations of today's world as a condition of their survival.
A new
ethos
was created; this was to be an army not just for Pakistan, but for the greater glory of Islam.
If we are to close the global gap in personal security and economic well-being, the community of nations will need to cultivate a new
ethos
of mutual responsibility.
Bernanke’s legacy is decidedly mixed, but its most appealing feature is the
ethos
of collegiality and shared responsibility that he encouraged at the Fed.
China built an increasingly powerful economy as the Ultimate Producer while the US embraced the
ethos
of Ultimate Consumer.
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