Saturday, May 3, 2008

Where do we take our cues from?

When it comes to our opinions about things, a friend was adamant — our opinions come from the media.

I didn't disagree with him that opinions come from somewhere — when it comes to notions of fairness, or what is acceptable or desirable in politics, I thought many people cease thinking about these things after high school.I thought about all this today.

How about our opinions about moral matters? Do we take these cues from people we admire?

This raises a question: how can we be sure we are admiring the rights things? Do we admire the right things?

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