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From: matloff@iris.ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Blooms `Closing of the American Mind'
Keywords: morality family enviroment
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Date: 31 Aug 88 19:20:30 GMT
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In article <558@vim.ARPA> hinkle@brl.mil (Gerald Hinkle (VLD/SAB) <hinkle>) writes:

>The government of the US tried to legislate morality once. It was called
>Prohibition. 

I agree with your comment (deleted here) that morality is best taught
in the home.  However, I disagree with your assertion that it is 
impossible to "legislate morality."  There are some cases where it
has apparently worked.  For example, sociologists have done studies
which have found that civil rights legislation of the 60's did in
fact change people's attitudes in the South.

   Norm