what should the moral agents do to curb social ills and the downfall of moral behavior amoungst youths nowaday
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Capital punishment for minor infractions.  Run a police-state like Singapore...remember they caned that kid for stealing a car?  You won't see any of his classmates stealing a car after that, by God.
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Explain to them, if they are old enough to understand what you are saying, that what they did was wrong and if they do it again, there will be consequences for it.  Time out, no tv, no games, no playing outside or having friends over, are some suggestions.  Also if the kids are near your home, don't let your child near them if they are a bad influence.
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There has been a decline in general American morality that is especially evident in the media. Millions of people watch Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy, for example, including children. These shows abound with adultery and the fallacious concept that being in love merits sexual activity. It's really disheartening to know that many girls as young as fourth graders regularly wear thongs and watch Sex and the City. And I don't even want to get started on pop and rap...
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careful when strangers around\nhear something not right (gunshot, scream,etc...) go home right the way/call adults/stay away fr that place.\nrefuse to use any drugs friends give\nstay away from bad friends.\ngo home right after school, so they don't hang out with bad kids\ndo not listen to MTV/ anything similar to it.\nshow respect\nget good grades\nmake more friends, most kids/teenagers in danger of loneliness
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The person who answered that "the "decay of morality" that you see is a myth" is right and wrong.\n\nHe's right in that "decay of morality" doesn't mean much.\n\nHe's wrong in that there is an actual increase in behaviors that harm people: obesity, high school dropouts, addictions of all kinds. These are the results of our increasing inability to see clearly from a moral point of view. That is, there IS a decline in our moral judgment abilities.\n\nIf you could see clearly and know what it right and what is wrong, then pornography could be multiplied 50 times, it would not make a difference.\n\nThe problem, of course, is that the increasing supply of pornographic material makes it easier to consume, thus increasing the demand, which then increases the supply. Hence, the vicious cycle continues.\n\nThe solution might be to have non-judgmental and open discussions, among men, about pornography.
611954
Get a sports cup. Those little devils are sneaky and fast. Tell the child that is not acceptable behavior, take away a privilege or some sort of punishment.
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I agree that, at school, children are not held to a standard of morality or a set of rules in harmony with morality.  They therefore find themselves confused concerning the proper behavior at school.  This is one of many government failures in the public "education" system.  Additionally, their methods for enforcing their "rules" are quite ineffective.  You are quite right on all these accounts.\n\nBased on personal experience, I disagree that violence and fear of the same is healthy for children or for their discipline, though force has a place when used against the same.  There exists only one rational response to violence, and that it violence.  In the words of Ayn Rand, the threat of violence inherently removes morality from the discussion.\n\nViolence creates serious pschological stress (leading to diseases and disorders of the mind), and it looses efficacy as the children grow up.  As children get bigger, they realize that they can resist violence with violence much more effectively, and they tend to want to perpetuate violence to others when their will is violated (as has been done to them).\n\nMy own experience with my two little girls reveals that children want to obey their authority figures without threat of violence when such brings them security, sovereignty (in which they have proven themselves), order, consistency, and rationality (predictability).  I can count the number of times that I have used violence (a gentle, firm "spanking") against my daughters, over the course of both of their lives, on one hand with fingers to spare.  Freedom and sovereignty (even privileges) are all much more effective tools for disciplining children.\n\nBTW, every child I have ever known was a mirror image of their parents.  You can learn more about a person by observing their children for a few moments than by being the parent's friend for a month.  Additionally, every out-of-control child I have seen had a dysfunctional family (either single parent or soon to be single parent, or out-of-wedlock birth).\n\nYes, government is causing disciplinary problems, but no, the root is not in the preclusion of violence.
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A better question is WHY do juveniles these days have a lack of morals, values, and respect?  People need to STOP BLAMING the younger generation.  We did not raise ourselves, we are not this way on our own!  Parents need to play more of a role in thier kids' lives if they want them to start holding morals and giving respect.
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1) importance of studying morals and ethics- helps you understand human behavior. Each culture has their own set of morals and ethics. In ancient times (think Old Testament), it was within a man's right to do as he pleased with members of his household... Today, not so much.\n\n2) Don't know much about postmodernism, so I'm not much help there...\n\nGood luck on your paper!!
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That our ethics and morals, the rules we live by in our societies, have developed specifically because they increase our survival and the survival of our children.  Those that act in a "moral" way-that do not kill others, that stay with the family to protect it, that aid others and make close freindships, are more likely to have the genes passed on, and that at least some of this attitude is genetic to begin with, so "moral" genes become predominant over time- Moral itself almost being defined as that which aids in survival of the society as a whole.
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The way young people are being brought up now is very different than when I was growing up. Parents now aren't near as strict as they use to be.  If the parents of the children now were to give their children the discipline they needed instead of just giving in because of , in some cases fear then the kids now would not be in the situations they are in.  Children would not be having children and morals would be a lot different.
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I wouldn't say "down the toilet," but I would definitely say as a society, we are less moral than we were 50 years ago.  God is the source of morality.  As more people turn away from God, more people have an empty pit in their souls, which they fill with immorality.
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i think that most of us humans forgot the word MORAL means because of the way we act at times\n\nif there is anybody out there that does not agree please ontact me we will discuss it
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no I dont think so\n\nmaybe morality in some areas would go down but things like rape and murder are in society's best interest to prevent and punish.\n\nYou have evidence of this in atheistic communist countries that still had laws against theft murder and rape.
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Soccial probelms dealing with welfare and immgrtion
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You're absolutely right; social learning theory at it's finest.\n\nThe US has Child Protective Services that can, and will, remove children from a home such as the one you're referring to.\nBut that begs the question: is that the best thing for the child?\n\nMost social workers will tell you without a doubt; that's the best thing to break the chain of behavior.
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Be more considerate of others. When people care about others it spreads and affects everything around them.