american ethics
William J. Bennett once wrote, "My friend had observed that while the world still regards the United States as the leading economic and military power on earth, this same world no longer beholds us with the moral respect it once did, as a "shinning city on a hill" Instead, it sees a society in decline." This statement is very true of America's ethics today. The problems with ethics in America are the medias influence on the population, religious influences on the population, and the way we society influences the way we raise our children. The first main contribution to what is wrong with America's ethics is the medias influence on the population as a whole. In "What Really Ails America" William J. Bennett writes, "Last year, Snoop Doggy Dog, indicted for murder, saw his rap album "Doggystyle," which celebrates marijuana use and the degradation of women, debut at No.1 on the pop charts."(343). In a society where children worship movie stars, signers, and sport stars, how can we let this happen. The children who listen to this music are being brainwashed by explicated lyrics and vulgar language. Parents should make it a point to proof any books, music, or movies that their children are buying to cen
When the public sees the President having a love affair with a woman on one television program and sees him going to church on the an other, what are we supposed to think? If our children see the highest man in America having sexual relations with a woman other then his wife, it puts different ideas in their head. In the end it is the child's choice of whom to listen to but if the society is pressuring too much, like toady's society they give in to it. Our children are our future and the worlds' influence on them changes their lives drastically, as Robert Coles once said, "not so long ago children were looked upon in a sentimental fashion as "angles" or as "innocents". The children of America should be watching shows that exhibit learning and fun themes. These shows present a two-edged problem: people want to expose themselves, and other people want to watch. The next problem that America has in ethics and religion is the influence of religion on our society. Boston McGraw-Hill, 2000 (373-382)3. Later in Coles essay he writes, "Children not only need our understanding of their complicated emotional lives; they also need a constant regard for the moral issues that come their way as soon as they are old enough to play with others and take part in the politics of the nursery, the back yard and the schoolroom. "The Culture Of Disbelief" McGraw-Hill Reader. Boston McGraw-Hill, 2000 (342-346)2. This is what Americans lack in ethics. In a country where "freedom" is a motto, we are not allowed to practice religion in public places.
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