[MD] What "moral revolution" is called for by the MOQ?
Khaled Alkotob
khaledsa at juno.com
Thu Mar 22 10:36:58 PDT 2007
[Jos]
> Case, Platt
>
> Obviously (again) I'm not saying children should decide what schools
> they go to, just elucidating the dangers of "parental free choice".
>
> What are your views on faith schools specifically? I think there is
> a danger that integration and co-operation are not favoured by
> monoculture environments.
> If in the educational market place there are schools that for
> instance teach literal biblical interpretations instead of science,
> should this even be an option for parents to "choose".
> Or conversely it might be considered wrong to choose on behalf of a
> child to exclude them from religious education.
>
> Society has a role to play, in limiting the choices that are
> available and our "moral revolution" requires that intellectual
> development be favoured by those limits.
Jos
You make an excellent point. In a documentary aired on channel 4 (UK, you
can find it on youtube) Dawkins went to interview a Rabbi who headed a
local school in London. What amazed is that the Rabbi, who is born and
raised in London was speaking with a heavy accent. He had a full command
of the English language, but the fact that here is a person raised in a
country yet he is still speaking with an accent goes to show how closed
that society is from the rest of London and England. That could probably
be said of other religious minorities around the world too. So much for
integration.
Khaled
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