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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: Hitler: Why we need a Science of Morality
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Date: Wed, 14-May-86 23:06:12 EDT
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In article <893@inuxd.UUCP> keen@inuxd.UUCP (Donald Keen) writes:
>... but my cynical
>nature suggests that even if one believed that ethics, logic,
>morality could be taught we don't have the vaguest notion of how
>to do so in a reliable manner.

Clearly, the first step has to be to teach the teachers.
Unfortunately, this is made difficult by the prevailing
irrational ethical and moral ideas of our culture.  A
massive remedial educational effort would be required by
proponents of rationality, but there don't seem to be
enough of them (certainly not many with media coverage
or in key governmental positions).  In the long run, the
human race will get what it deserves; I'm afraid this
will be much less than some individual members merit.