There's a case study of chimpanzees, I don't recall the attribution of now, — Pfhorrest
What are your thoughts? — IvoryBlackBishop
The level of moral judgement a person attains depends on the person's belief system and education. — Athena
the 1958 National Defense Education Act — Athena
Telling little school children (grade 2 or 3) that blue-eyed kids are inferior, and brown-eyed kids are good children. Then next week, after a social structure had solidified on this precipt, the teacher saying to kids that she had been mistaken, it is actually the brown-eyed kids that are inferior.
This supposedly would teach the kids the value of prejudice.
This has been done actually and for real by a school teacher, but the experimenting was short lived, because the local school board trustees thought that the moral of the story was too complex for 8 to 9-year-olds to internalize. — god must be atheist
My first grade teacher actually did this to us, but she told us the moral of the lesson within five minutes. — Noah Te Stroete
Come to think of it, I also think, to this day, that two plus two is four. Sometimes these teachers are wickedly good in what they do, as far as teaching life-long moral or conceptual truths go. — god must be atheist
Yeah, teachers are pretty awesome. If only they could teach some motivation and emotion control into me. — Noah Te Stroete
I think there is enough evidence and legal and moral philosophy indicating that, at least some, would potentially act immoraliy in an anarchist scenario in which there was no centralized legal system — IvoryBlackBishop
the overly "rosy" view of human nature which some anarchists and libertarians hold seems to be false — IvoryBlackBishop
The level of moral judgement a person attains depends on the person's belief system and education — Athena
For the level of moral judgement to increase, there must be education for higher order thinking. — Athena
is possible to use education to manifest a culture that promotes morality and decreases social problems. — Athena
I am not sure if I agree with Kohlberg or not, but I will certainly admit it is likely much more complicated than one of Kohlberg's charts would suggest. — ZhouBoTong
Creationism is a story, the bible tells a story. It is fine to tell children stories, so long as they are not posed as factual or true. — A Seagull
Lol. I guess that’s why they think that I have to be medicated.
What does that translate into? — Noah Te Stroete
I can handle it. — Noah Te Stroete
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