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oecolampadius · 3436 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts
Could you point me towards some sections of the text that make you draw that conclusion? Besides, past the piece itself, shouldn't a school--or someone kids listen to--teach children some sense of ethics? I think the post brought up one primary problem, and then suggested a cause. Now, we disagree on the cause he postulated but I'm fairly sure we can agree that he's saying the problem is college students are coming into college with the idea that there are no moral facts. Now, from a purely practical standpoint, this presents a problem in trying to teach ethics and justify ethical systems. I think, for the practicality of discussion, there ought to be moral statements that we use as axioms upon which we base further ethical reasoning.