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Don't amoralize your moral arguments

last edited 2024-11-05

I saw this comment:

“The most dangerous experiment we can conduct with our children is to keep schooling the same at a time when every other aspect of our society is dramatically changing.” ~ Chris Dede

The poster is criticizing the abusive nature of conventional schooling, but his argument does nothing but shoot himself in the foot. He implies that the problem with conventional schooling is that it was designed for an older world, that it's 'outdated' rather than that it's inherently abusive. By raising this argument instead of a moral criticism, he is actually implying that conventional schooling is not abusive to children, because if it were there would be no reason to bother with such an inane criticism.

Don't amoralize your moral arguments.

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