Do today's youth have a code of ethics?

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Are today's youth unethical? Howard Gardner, author of Five Minds for the Future, sat down for an interview on the television show Books of Our Time with host Lawrence R. Velvel the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law to discuss the ethical decision making of our society's younger members. Howard Gardner states that youth today have perceived that ethical issues are to influence behavior later in life and not in the present. They see ethics as standards that are required when they begin to make money and have professions. Thus, the youth have become content with the idea of cutting corners and thus often justify leaving ethical behavior out of their lives. Howard Gardner believes that today's youth live in the present and do not look to the consequences of their unethical behavior on the future: "get it when you can and sweep the problems under the rug." Watch the whole interview at: http://tinyurl.com/2a4odl

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[valsotto27]

@Prant3ra instead of swearing stuff, have asked yourself with the question.. "what can you do about it?" if you say none, then thats bullshit. ^_^

[Sapphiregirl1000]

Unethical, that's stupid I'm a kid myself and though I do take the easy way out sometimes I doubt I'm going to sweep my issues under the rug.

[Prant3ra]

You old bastards have fucked our futures for us then blame us for being unethical. If we got rid of you fucks with your fuck everyone but me and my family this country would be great. However you just send us of to war and make shitloads of money. I wish you would say that to my face motherfucker.

[defleppardfan69]

That annotation should say "Massachusetts, the place that's full of arrogant pricks who vote blindly for the guy with the little 'D' next to his name. Click here to learn how to be just like them!"

I live in Massachusetts, and I'm reminded of it everyday.

[chrismca]

How interesting he would speak of ethics. He was once asked by a colleague of mine how much he believed his theory of Multiple Intelligences. He responded, So what, Im rich and youre not. He has taken a great deal of money from schools yet offered no substantive improvements. Interesting he would say, "get it while you can, and sweep the problems under the rug." Hmmm

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[enphax]

Because that's what he was taught to do.. Make you experience what his diagnosis describes

[christophergian]

i often find myself experiencing what the dr explains about this cohort effect!

[murbones]

eat raw meat