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P_Funk · 07-31-06, 07:40 PM

Know who's job it is to teach right and wrong? They used to call them parents. I guess now they're just called wedded adults with dependants.

I'm all for the government doing what it can to make people's lives better but you shouldn't have to teach right and wrong. If by 14 you don't know right from wrong you might be a bit late to be helped... That said the curriculum shouldn't shy away from saying that oh I don't know maybe that killing people is wrong and stealing is a crime. Helping children understand the complex nature of right and wriong from a legal perspective would be very pertinent in school. However something like Christian morality or religious morality in general is definately not whats supposed to be taught. Also economic kinds of beliefs like say "giving money to poor people is bad" or something, stuff thats ideological in nature, isn't for kids since A their parents rub off on then, and B becuase kids are too suggestable to be "taught" this stuff. I learned about Left wing and Right wing in college. Fasicts and Pinkos and Conservatives and Liberals. Partisan beliefs aren't for kids in schools. But basic morality along the lines of constitutional law and human rights ought to be respected.

Every culture and society has its set of customs and beliefs. The part where it says removing all reference to "the common good" seems wrong to me. In any society regardless of belief the common good is just inherent in society.

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P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Know who's job it is to teach right and wrong? They used to call them parents. I guess now they're just called wedded adults with dependants. I'm all for the government doing what it can to make people's lives better but you shouldn't have to teach right and wrong. If by 14 you don't know right from wrong you might be a bit late to be helped... That said the curriculum shouldn't shy away from saying that oh I don't know maybe that killing people is wrong and stealing is a crime. Helping children understand the complex nature of right and wriong from a legal perspective would be very pertinent in school. However something like Christian morality or religious morality in general is definately not whats supposed to be taught. Also economic kinds of beliefs like say "giving money to poor people is bad" or something, stuff thats ideological in nature, isn't for kids since A their parents rub off on then, and B becuase kids are too suggestable to be "taught" this stuff. I learned about Left wing and Right wing in college. Fasicts and Pinkos and Conservatives and Liberals. Partisan beliefs aren't for kids in schools. But basic morality along the lines of constitutional law and human rights ought to be respected. Every culture and society has its set of customs and beliefs. The part where it says removing all reference to "the common good" seems wrong to me. In any society regardless of belief the common good is just inherent in society. __________________ Last edited by P_Funk; 07-31-06 at 07:47 PM.