RelationshipsSelf Centeredness

Relationships
Self-Centeredness

Summary
Authors Thesis (pg 87)
“This indeterminate or open-ended future and the lack of a binding past mean that the souls of young people are in a condition like the first men in the state of nature—spiritually unclad, unconnected, isolated, with no inherited or unconditional connection with anything or anyone.”
It’s relation to the larger thesis (relativism) pg 25
“Relativism is necessary to openness and this is the virtue, the only virtue, which all primary education for more than fifty years has dedicated itself to inculcating.” This statement of relativism for the student is directly influenced by and is an influencer of Bloom’s major thesis or relativism. Bloom asserts that as a result of relativism, students have nothing to cling to. The religion, culture and beliefs of their parents and ancestors have become all so accepted and blended that none has true meaning. The student as a result, having nothing to cling to ...