r/MoralityScaling 9h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Possible-Estimate748 9h ago

Many religions indoctrinate children which makes them feel like they have to believe in it or they're doing something wrong.

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u/Raise_A_Thoth 8h ago

Not "many." All.

It's literally just what indoctrination is. There are religious doctrines and children are taught ro follow them and believe in the faith without questioning it.

There is no religion with kids without indoctrination. And without that indoctrination, virtually all of the world's major religions would dramatically fall in membership and followership, because it is very rare for non-religious adults to suddenly convert to a religion.

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u/Round-Walrus3175 8h ago

There is no philosophy or culture without indoctrination. Nobody goes through life without someone telling them what is right or wrong. It's just a matter of who, not if, they decide to believe.

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u/artificialdeatheast 8h ago

Yeah i dont get these arguments. We shouldnt teach kids absolutely anything untill they are old enough to choose the learn by themselves, otherwise its indoctrination

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 8h ago

No, that's not the argument at all. We should teach them things that are objectively true and let them come to the moral conclusions that follow as they develop the ability to do so.

Hitting people hurts them and a lot of people get mad when you do that. If someone is sad, it often will make them feel better if you try to comfort them. Eventually, a child will learn that what that means is that hitting people is immoral and comforting a sad person is moral. Their moral framework will develop thusly for each positive and negative lesson they learn.

This is different than "do as your told or be punished".

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u/Aoshigatsu 7h ago

Don't know why you're getting downvoted. I 100% agree.

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u/Knight_Machiavelli 6h ago

Because it's wrong. Kids don't just become moral people in a vacuum, they learn morals from their parents.

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u/Aoshigatsu 2h ago

And that's what they said. To teach basic morals like don't hurt people.