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Can one teach young people to be moral? Is morality something that must be taught in the home? Is it innate?
Currently I am working on a professional development platform focused on teaching college students ethics and morality. Young people seem to be incredibly disengaged from others, have little sense of what it means to be moral, gracious or ethical and don't care. How can we teach morality or is it something that is innate?
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prakhar porwal
always have. It is true, as you say, that we are
"Bombarded with sex, foul language, violence,
and overall chaos," but we still have moral
standards. I think these standards are ingrained,
innate, and we couldn't get rid of them if we tried. I agree that the bombardment has to have
had some effect on how moral our behavior is at
times, but short of becoming a dictatorial society,
that's just how it's going to be. Teaching kids to
think analytically and to be self-reflective will help
to some degree.