The American Spectator

Reader Mail

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"...both men seem to share a conviction that the individual makes his own morality, and is the ultimate judge of right and wrong."

It would be good if TAS would look into the sources of this ethical philosophy, since for all practical purposes this view represents "state religion" as taught in nearly every elementary school in America for the last several decades.

While I suppose it all started with John Dewey, the current text with which most teachers college students are instructed is Joseph Fletcher's Situation Ethics and/or its many clones. Essentially the philosophy boils down to "all ideas are equal" (except of course the one which says they are not), that all morality is personal, and therefore no one is permitted to be "judgmental."

p>Until this perverse ethical indoctrination is pulled root and branch from school textbooks and teacher college curricula, we're in for more and more Steins and Freys. br> -- Jameson Campaigne br> Ottawa, Illinois /p> p> Can someone explain why the Los Angeles Times book review section still lists James Frey's made-up memoir in the nonfiction section of best-selling books? br> -- Caroline Miranda br> North Hollywood, California

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