I was raised to think independently, and those kind of people don’t fare so well in today’s socially and intellectually repressed society.
You’d think technology would have encouraged deeper thought process. Technology, after all, is meant to make our lives easier and thereby give us more time to build meaningful ethos as well as meaningful relationships. Instead, I see it alienating mankind from itself, encouraging socially poor behavior and stagnating thoughtfulness of any kind. It is quite daunting and, frankly, it makes me feel more and more like an antique.
Technology alone is not to blame, and despite its perils, technology offers a wider scope from which to seek like-minded people. The downside, however, is a sheople perspective for those who shun diversity of thought.
That said, there is the issue of ethos, which is not the same as morality. Ethic is unlike morality in that morality is determined by a prevailing majority value, whereas ethic stresses the deeper right and wrong of behavior. Morality tells us contradictory things: Be yourself, but more importantly, be one of us! Ethos says the good of many is greater than any one person, but those who deny your personhood are undeserving of such sacrifice.
It is these divergent viewpoints that make people misunderstand each other. For instance, how would a student feel if, half-way through a test, it were taken, incomplete and unchecked, and graded as though it were properly administered? It happens, only it’s a boss or a client who behaves badly.
Which leads me to say this: Mean children grow up to be mean adults. (Thanks to my husband for that one!)
Moralists often cry “Forgive! Forgive!” I say “Bah!” There is a such thing as unconscionable behavior!
No Topic is Sacred 