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David Brooks makes the claim that kids today lack the vocabulary and insight to grasp "moral dillemas"; can you articulate a moral dillemma? -- (link)

Posted by landbeck Oct 8 '11, 11:46

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"Do I have enough quarters to feed the meter?" does not count as one. (www.nytimes.com)

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you misspelled dilemma...twice -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 12:33
This doesn't surprise me. They example they have is how the generation that raised them has lived. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 12:02 3
- Which brings me to a second article! Britain's chief Rabbi asserts the moral disintegration started in the '60s. -- (link) - landbeck Oct 8, 12:24 2
  - It depends how you define what's moral and/or how you ranks which moral are important. - ty97 Oct 8, 12:37
  - (I'm not sure that links goes where you think it goes) - ty97 Oct 8, 12:33
Wow, you'd think they'd have at least encounted the notion of how we don't do things that harm others. Plus that whole "do unto others" thing... -- nm - mara Oct 8, 11:56 8
- "If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad" - ty97 Oct 8, 12:06 6
  - If it makes you happy and doesn't harm anyone else, sure. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 12:11 5
    - That should come into play, yes, but clearly does not all too often. - ty97 Oct 8, 12:15 3
      - Reported/found-out adultery may be higher now. I'm not convinced that adultery itself has increased. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 12:22 2
        
        Really? I would think it a not-great intuitive leap to presume any acitivity increases once it is decriminalized. -- nm - landbeck Oct 8, 12:26 1
        
        Not necessarily - adulterers gonna adulterate, but it might have already hit max occupancy before decriminalization. - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:29
    - As you harm none, do as thou wilt -- nm - Pagan Golden Rule Oct 8, 12:14
- I recall there was something in the bible about what happens when societies turn down that road. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:57
No, I can only articulate moral quandaries. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:47

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