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Originally Posted by kerry
Depending on the country, I think that could be true. The guys I knew had no individual moral center. I'm not saying that as a critique. It's just what happens in countries in which law controls almost everything. There's no opportunity to develop self-discipline and critical judgment because it's all done for you by force. It's not really conducive to a 'rational' 'free' and 'creative' society. People need to be taught how to make moral decisions for themselves if we don't want an authoritarian society.
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How do you do that?
I think I leaned by the example of My Parents and Religion.
The other thing is that growing up Society was strict with Chidren and also protected them better; so the Society around Me taught Me I was going to have to own up to what I did and how I acted.
I don't think there is any sort of training coures or school that is going teach what was everywhere in the Society I grew up in.
The Law changed close to My 18th Birthday to allow 18 year olds to vote and essentially be legally and Adult.
Up until that time you had to be 21 years old to be considered and Adult.
Perhaps that extra 3 years of not being allowed to be a Full Adult kept People somewhat under their Parents Thumb and allowed them an other 3 years to mature and learn to make decisions before they were loss on society by themselves.