Indeed. But at least the students were thinking and getting getting
involved with important ethical issues.
That seems to happen much less often in college students these days.
Don't you think?
Julian
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Linda C. Rodriguez <
blondie@pobox.com> wrote:
> I too had the same question regarding moral reasoning today vs. 10, 20, or
> 30 years ago. Thirty years ago, in my 20s, I would say that at a personal
> level, I had less ability to engage in moral reasoning just simply because I
> lacked a more worldly education. I was also looking for acceptance among my
> peers and I'm not one to rock the boat now, and wasn't back then either.
>
> I've been through a lot of sensitivity training in the real-world and
> realized that at some point, I had to provide the evidence to support my
> stand (post-PhD). In my 20s though, I think it was more about trying to fit
> and be acceptable than it is now. As an example, one student got the chalk
> out of the union and wrote all over the sidewalks that the death penalty is
> wrong; it takes up three times more money to have a prisoner on death row,
> etc. Nowhere was there any critical thinking to the thoughts on the walk.
> I think it's important to teach students in each and every class to back up
> their answers. I truly wanted to go in, get the chalk, and write..."that's
> nice but WHY?"
>
> Linda
>
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:35:43 -0700, Ron Roman wrote:
>
> I may be missing it or perhaps I am simply naive, and I will grant you that
> I have not read the actual study or the upcoming book and that I do not know
> Professor Christian Smith or to whom the Lilly Foundation provides grants,
> but I just re-read the Brooks column and I do not see it as an endorsement
> for charter schools as Karen Garcia describes in the blog you reference.
> More importantly, I do believe the Brooks column accurately describes the
> ability (or lack of ability) of an unacceptable percentage of young adults
> to adequately think about and discuss moral issues. I suspect, however, that
> this ability has not changed much over time. That is what I am most curious
> about: Has the ability to morally reason changed versus 10 or 20 or 30 years
> ago? If it has changed I would wonder if the connectedness of our digital
> world has enabled these young adults to interact with so many people that
> they connect with none of them and if they are exposed to -- and perhaps
> overwhelmed by -- so many viewpoints that they accept them all as equally
> valid.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [SIM] David Brooks: If it feels right (NY Times)
>
> I found this interesting myself Ron.
>
> Here is some critical backstory, though in fairness, the book and
> column do not advocate individualism:
>
>
http://kmgarcia2000.blogspot.com/2011/09/saving-adolescent-degenerates.html
>
>
> Julian Friedland, Ph.D.
> Fordham University
> Graduate School of Business
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Ron Roman
> <
ronroman@ethicalbusiness.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, Here is a link to an interesting article by David Brooks on the lack
> of ability of college-aged people to think and talk about moral issues. This
> aligns fairly well to my personal experience. I would be curious if
>
> previous
>
> generations of students had better skills in this regard. If It Feels Right
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/opinion/if-it-feels-right.html?_r=1
> Cheers, Ron Ronald M Roman, PhD San Jose State University
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