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The decline in moral standards--which has long concerned social analysts---has at last captured the attention of average America
The decline in moral standards--which has long concerned social analysts---has at last captured the attention of average America
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2010-06-18
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The decline in moral standards--which has long concerned social analysts---has at last captured the attention of average Americans. And Jean Bethke Elshtain, for one, is glad.
The fact that ordinary citizens are now starting to think seriously about the nation’s moral climate, says this ethics professor at the University of Chicago, is reason to hope that new ideas will come forward to improve it.
But the challenge is not to be underestimated. Materialism and individualism in American society are the biggest obstacles. "The thought that ’I’m in it for m’ has become deeply rooted in the national consciousness." Ms. Elshtain says.
Some of this can be attributed to the disintegration of traditional communities, in which neighbors looked out for one another, she says. With today’s greater mobility and with so many couples working, those bonds have been weakened, replaced by a greater emphasis on self.
In a 1996 poll of Americans, loss of morality topped the list of the biggest problems facing the U.S. And Elshtain says the public is correct to sense that. Data show that Americans are struggling with problems unheard of in the 1950s, such as classroom violence and a high rate of births to unmarried mothers.
The desire for a higher moral standard is not a lament for some nonexistent "golden age, " Elshtain says, nor is it a wishful longing for a time that denied opportunities to women and minorities. Most people, in fact, favor the lessening of prejudice.
Moral decline will not be reversed until people find ways to counter the materialism in society, she says, "Slowly, you recognize that the things that matter are those that can’t be bought."
Which of the following characterizes the traditional communities?
选项
A、Great mobility.
B、Concern for ones neighbors.
C、Emphasis on individual effort.
D、Ever-weakening social bonds.
答案
B
解析
根据文章的第四段“Some of this can be attributed to the disintegration of traditional communities, in which neighbors looked out for one another可知,在“traditional communities”里人们是互相照应的,因此,[B]符合题意。从第四段可知,“great mobility”是造成人际关系弱化的原因,不是“traditional communities”,因此,[A]不正确。文章的第四段告诉我们“a greater emphasis on self”取代了“those bonds”,即传统社区的特点“neighbors looked out for one another”,因此,[C]也不正确。根据第四段我们知道“ever-weakening bonds”是由于“today’s great mobility”和“so many coupies working”,造成的结果,而不是“traditional communities”,因此,[D]也不正确。
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