What I'll never understand is why so many assume that morality reduces to rule following with the corollary assumption that there are a set of rules which are objectively the best. Moreover, even if such a thing did exist, why would anyone want to live their life obsessed with the moral potential of every decision. Seems like a very narrow and limited life to me.
The question of how to instill values in young people should be a very different question than the place of morality in the lives of morally mature adults. Rule following has got to be transcended for maturity's sake if one ever aspires to be a peer of the realm. The obsession with 'being good' needs to be set aside.
The question of how to instill values in young people should be a very different question than the place of morality in the lives of morally mature adults. Rule following has got to be transcended for maturity's sake if one ever aspires to be a peer of the realm. The obsession with 'being good' needs to be set aside.