Culture (root word: cult) is toxic regardless of its content. At best a culture has kernels of truth and relates to objective reality. Even in this case, it is a terrible idea to teach it as you are teaching people what to think rather than how to think. Even if the culture contains some important virtues and good values – it is better for each individual to be able to arrive at these him or herself, rather than through a system of indoctrination by which they are not able to produce or even follow the reasoning underlying their conclusions. To truly understand the value of a virtue, one most arrive at its importance through reason and evidence, not through some fallacious argument from tradition.
The Toxicity of Culture
The Toxicity of Culture
The Toxicity of Culture
Culture (root word: cult) is toxic regardless of its content. At best a culture has kernels of truth and relates to objective reality. Even in this case, it is a terrible idea to teach it as you are teaching people what to think rather than how to think. Even if the culture contains some important virtues and good values – it is better for each individual to be able to arrive at these him or herself, rather than through a system of indoctrination by which they are not able to produce or even follow the reasoning underlying their conclusions. To truly understand the value of a virtue, one most arrive at its importance through reason and evidence, not through some fallacious argument from tradition.