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Talk:Essay:Best Concepts to Teach Teenagers (view source)
Revision as of 17:22, September 1, 2008
, 17:22, September 1, 2008→The Liberal Notion that Authority is necessarily Wrong
Mindlessly rejecting all forms of authority, though, is no better than mindlessly obeying authority. One leads to anarchy and self-worship; the other, to totalitarianism and repression. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 10:44, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
Mindlessly rejecting all forms of authority, though, is no better than mindlessly obeying authority. One leads to anarchy and self-worship; the other, to totalitarianism and repression. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 10:44, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
'':"Mindlessly rejecting all forms of authority, though, is no better than mindlessly obeying authority."'' Agreed. But we have to be very careful not to conflate "question" with "reject". If you were teaching my son, told him something he disagreed with and he asked you "why's that?" I would expect you to have an answer. If that answer where "because I said so, I am the authority, you will not question that authority", well, you haven't given him much of an answer, you haven't taught him anything and you haven't done anything to equip him for life. I'm sure that you ''do'' allow kids to question you, and I sure that it gives you a great opportunity to impart your wisdom. When it is wisdom it has an answer to the question and doesn't need to rely on "authority".--[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 13:22, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
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