Quoting MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >[Marsha] > > > > > > I don't know. To me it seems that it is social values exploiting > > > biological values for it's own empowerment.
[Platt] > >Could you cite a couple of examples social values exploiting > >biological values? [Marsha] > Sure, Madison Avenue using sex, violence & celebrity to sell > everything from automobiles to soap. Also targeting children as consumers. Good examples. Illustrates the power of biological values. [Marsha] > > > I haven't the slightest > > > idea where intellectual values are hiding. Or worse, I see too many > > > intellectuals hawking economic principles. [Platt] > >Not sure what you mean. Could you give some examples? [Marsha] > A week or so ago, I heard a panel discussion on 'Education'. These > "specialists" were bemoaning some testing done that indicated high > school students, even AP students, had very little knowledge of > Economics. It seemed ironic that economics was important while > instructions in critical thinking and civics is nonexistent. I think kids should be taught that money doesn't grow on trees and that there ain't no free lunch, not to mention the basics of the free enterprise system. But, I agree other subjects shouldn't be slighted as a result. Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
