Transcript Comments - Margo Trappenburg

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Margo Trappenburg
The rules
 Thou
shalt not steal, cheat, molest or
murder.
 Thou shalt choose a responsible
partner and keep only unto him/her
for as long as you both shall live.
The rules
 Thou
shalt not steal, cheat, molest or
murder.
 Thou shalt choose a responsible
partner and keep only unto him/her
for as long as you both shall live.
 Thou shalt work to earn a living.
Who will teach us the rules?
 1.
Parents. Most parents do a good
job.
 But
what if parents fail? Who will
teach us then?
2. The school
 It
can
killing
 It can
 Can it
teach penal law (stealing,
etcetera).
teach work ethics.
teach family values?
3. Other citizens
 Are
they entitled to preach?
 To children?
 To adults?
 Are we entitled to judge less
fortunate citizens?
 Don’t the rich get away very easily if
the Dalrymple rules are what
morality is all about?
4. The welfare state.
 Can
we keep it? Or is the welfare
state educating citizens the wrong
way, giving all the wrong signals to
the good, the bad and the lazy?
 Is the British underclass a product of
the welfare state or did it exist
before that?
5. The criminal justice system
 Is
incarceration the answer to
everything?
 How is it possible that convicted
criminals need their psychiatrist to
tell them the error of their ways?
6. The psychiatrist
 Is
the moral approach an evidence
based therapy that really works?
 Or is it simply the right way to go
forward and not a therapy at all?
 Extra
issue. How does all of the
above change in the context of a
multicultural society?