The way I always approach a reading response I begin with the title, so I chose to read “We are not in a Moral Decline” by Dallas Duff. As I began reading I could relate to what the author had to say about the so called “Moral Decline” is so overly used but I think the author is somewhat right. I liked how they author starts off with all the big morals that people have such as; thoughts on divorce, guns, and religion. I really like about this essay was toward the end when he began to talk about the past in history. When the author talked about racial persecution and segregation he brought up a good point how it was socially and ethically moral to treat African Americans as second class citizens and how we killed many upon
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It all stems from your parents, so if your parents have a bad moral compass you will probably have a bad moral compass learning what learned from their parents. I agree when he stated, that parents could go beyond teaching morality but living morality. We can tell a kid how to act or should act but if we don’t use it ourselves how can we teach it most children are observant so if we don’t use it they will copy us so we must set an example for the kids today. He strongly believes that we must lead by example and not just talk about the classic virtues such as; humility, charity, and truthfulness but we need to embrace the moral virtues that have been …show more content…
Also living in the south people were so friendly. When I moved to the west coast very different each person looks out for its one so to speak. People over her are very skeptical and unfriendly. That one thing I do miss about the south.
If you look at other places you see that there is still good in the world today for example Japan my step grandmother is Japanese so I’ve been immersed in the culture a little bit she told me how it’s like in Japan. They have a good moral every one tries to help each other and give where you can. My step great grandparents were very charitable. When you would read the Rafu, Japanese newspaper, her parent where always in the Rafu donating to some charity or another. When I went to Europe it was much different people wanted to help they let me stay in their homes and they were genuine about
It all stems from your parents, so if your parents have a bad moral compass you will probably have a bad moral compass learning what learned from their parents. I agree when he stated, that parents could go beyond teaching morality but living morality. We can tell a kid how to act or should act but if we don’t use it ourselves how can we teach it most children are observant so if we don’t use it they will copy us so we must set an example for the kids today. He strongly believes that we must lead by example and not just talk about the classic virtues such as; humility, charity, and truthfulness but we need to embrace the moral virtues that have been …show more content…
Also living in the south people were so friendly. When I moved to the west coast very different each person looks out for its one so to speak. People over her are very skeptical and unfriendly. That one thing I do miss about the south.
If you look at other places you see that there is still good in the world today for example Japan my step grandmother is Japanese so I’ve been immersed in the culture a little bit she told me how it’s like in Japan. They have a good moral every one tries to help each other and give where you can. My step great grandparents were very charitable. When you would read the Rafu, Japanese newspaper, her parent where always in the Rafu donating to some charity or another. When I went to Europe it was much different people wanted to help they let me stay in their homes and they were genuine about