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The curriculum is promoted under the guise of simply "clarifying" values but actually encourages children to think completely independent of parents, church or the larger society. The idea that one should be dedicated to something bigger than oneself is forbidden: teachers are not allowed to "impose" this value on children!

The curriculum is promoted under the guise of simply "clarifying" values but actually encourages children to think completely independent of parents, church or the larger society. The idea that one should be dedicated to something bigger than oneself is forbidden: teachers are not allowed to "impose" this value on children!

*Children who are subjected to this technique are taught that there are no absolutes and that one is free to choose any value one likes. Teachers who use values-clarification this way are actually teaching the student that whatever he or she decides is right, is right. This is exactly what the humanists have claimed in their manifesto: "Ethics is autonomous and situational, needing no theological or ideological sanction." <ref> [http://www.allanturner.com/clarifyingvalues.html Clarifying Values]</ref>

*[http://www.allanturner.com/clarifyingvalues.html Clarifying Values] - Essay that distinguishes between clarification of good values we want our children to have and the humanistic "anything goes" coddling that tells kids to do whatever they "feel like" doing.

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