Morality is conveyed whether we want it to be or not. The question is not are educators responsible for instilling morality, the question is what type of morality will they instill. Looking at something as simple as a television program reveals that through osmosis, people will pick up the moral values that are being conveyed. Granted they might not put those virtues into practice, but they are presented nonetheless. Take for instance the most popular TV program of 1952 to 1955, "I Love Lucy";
the show was clean, the humor was good and the morality, while not conveyed explicitly in the above clip, was just as the show was filmed in--black and white.
Contrasted with one of the most popular sitcoms of 2010, "Family Guy",
The humor is base and shocking. This is a program that would have never been aired on TV in the 1950's. Yet it is aired during prime time today. Sadly, we can see that TV is an accurate barometer of the culture climate and sadly is a benchmark in its decline.
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