coronel west said, "to be american is to give ethical significance to the future"
2007-09-04 12:25:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
it's unethical 2 allow freedom 2 escape tha grasp of our inalienable rights...
2007-09-04 12:34:29 · answer #1 · answered by Thin King 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the entire quote will give you a better idea of the meaning:
"To be American is to give ethical significance to the future by viewing the present as terrain capable of transcending any past and thereby arriving at a new identity and community."
~~Cornel West, The Cornel West Reader, Introduction: To be Human, Modern & American, page xix. Retrieved from: Google Books, 9/4/2007.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Kk6ovUWs02AC&pg=PR19&lpg=PR19&dq=%22to+be+american+is+to+give+ethical+significance+to+the+future%22&source=web&ots=SHZ5AmAWoD&sig=vjFZySa67qKMDkKdRq8vvwjerrE#PPR19,M1
2007-09-04 20:07:10 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means we have to think about the actions we take today because the consequences affect the future.
2007-09-04 19:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋