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One of the Javanese?s highest cultures is the creation of cultural wisdom that conveys the concept of fairness asexpressed in propositions as well as cultural expressions. This research aims to revive the memories of Javanese culturalwisdom especially those related to fairness. Based on the propositions, the objective of this research is to identify theconcept of fairness behavior in Javanese culture. This research is qualitative. The data were collected from text booksand literary texts validated by in-depth interviews as well as forum group discussions. The data corpuses were analyzedby using componential and taxonomic analysis. Through semantic and pragmatic analysis, the fairness concept inJavanese culture can be identified. Bisa ngrumangsani is the main principle of fairness in Javanese propositions andcovers two sub-ordinates propositions, i.e. self-restraint and appreciation for others. Each of these two sub-ordinatepropositions covers four sub-ordinate propositions referring to action, character, desire, and competence. All of thesepropositions are sustained by the other proposition creating a whole concept of fairness. The results of this research areexpected to serve as groundwork on how the education of national character building relating to fairness behavior canbe realized. |
