tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post741331996758923287..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Morality in AmericaJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-74477674400067976092015-03-12T07:06:58.979-04:002015-03-12T07:06:58.979-04:00Many poor communities seem to have plenty of churc...Many poor communities seem to have plenty of churches and churchiness, so I imagine a lot of the folks Brooks is writing about grow up with goodly amounts of moral hectoring and good-evil dichotomizing. University relativism--which I suspect is the kind that really bothers Brooks--can have only the most indirect impact on the poor (e. g., in the training of social workers--and would moral hectoring be an effective technique of social work? I doubt it.).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-45101842844795131162015-03-11T16:07:12.638-04:002015-03-11T16:07:12.638-04:00It's more of the age old argument - "The ...It's more of the age old argument - <i>"The poor are only poor because they're lazy and immoral! The rich suceed because they're hard working and right-thinking!"</i><br /><br />Pick an ethnic minority, you'll see this tired old argument rolled out by the majority. The English said it about the Irish, The Nazis said it about the Jews and the Poles, and until recently Whites in America openly said it about Blacks and Hispanics (and many certainly still say it less-than-openly).<br /><br />Every new generation bemoans an imagined "decay of morality" within society, with people convincing themselves that anything which differs from their own narrows worldview is the root of all social ills and worldly evils.<br /><br />Pick a civilization anywhere on the globe, at any point in history, and you find the same notion repeated time and time again - <i>"The world is completely and totally fair! If your life is miserable, it must be because you're a bad person and therefor you deserve to suffer! You have only yourselves to blame!"</i>G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-30997432275471449092015-03-11T13:44:30.308-04:002015-03-11T13:44:30.308-04:00Bravo~!
Thank you!Bravo~!<br /><br />Thank you!pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.com