For twenty-seven years I was witness to the spiritual deterioration of my own father, watching day after day … - Svetlana Alliluyeva

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The universalist approach is roughly: 'What is good and right can be defined and always applies. ' In particularist cultures far greater attention is given to the obligations of relationships and unique circumstances.

Svetlana Alliluyeva

For twenty-seven years I was witness to the spiritual deterioration of my own father, watching day after day how everything human in him left him and how gradually he turned into a grim monument to his own self.

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