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Tragedy, sudden and terrible, has again struck an American school: fifteen lives were lost and a city and a nation left with sca
Tragedy, sudden and terrible, has again struck an American school: fifteen lives were lost and a city and a nation left with sca
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Tragedy, sudden and terrible, has again struck an American school: fifteen lives were lost and a city and a nation left with scars that cannot be removed. Because guns and explosives were used to cause the mayhem (残害人体器官罪), the immediate outcry (疾呼) is for gun control laws.
Most likely the shotguns and even the one-hand guns used were legally purchased and registered, and probably the guns were the property of the fathers of the boys who used them. Shotguns are the most common guns used in the sport of hunting small game animals and birds.
The possibility of passing laws forbidding sportsmen from owning shotguns would be very slight. There would be intense opposition to such laws. On the other hand, laws forbidding handguns have a greater chance of enactment. But then the familiar saying would become fact, "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."
Many crimes in America are committed by people using guns. Most of these people have a record of criminal offenses. By law these criminals are not allowed to purchase or own guns. Do they care? NO. They do not obey laws and find other ways to get guns.
The problem is a people problem, not just a gun problem. In America, we have become a nation that has largely rejected the traditional rules and ethics of Western society that have helped it become a society of progress and the rule of law.
Behind societies ruled by law — maybe in the shadows, but still there — was the ominous (预兆的) feeling that over us all was a higher law that man is ultimately answerable to. Man’s laws were therefore supposed to be an extension of this law.
Modern society has moved beyond this concept to a very self-centered concept of "I am my own law". There is no more black and white or absolute right or wrong. No higher law determines it; we decide individually. What seems right and feels right for me is therefore "right". Also, what is "right" in one situation may be "wrong" in another, and what is "wrong" for you may be "right" for me. This concept is called moral relativism. Depending upon circumstances and how we feel about an action, it becomes right or wrong for us. Since most of society does not teach that.
The author thinks that the traditional rules and ethics of Western society______.
选项
A、are the main causes of the present social problems
B、have largely been rejected, but should be found back
C、have helped America in the past, but are out of date today
D、could catch up with today’s world moving at a furious pace
答案
B
解析
根据题干中的the traditional rules and ethics of Western society将本题出处定位到第五段。该段首句提到,问题在人身上,而不仅仅在枪上。末句对出现这一状况的原因进行了解释:我们已经成为一个在很大程度上拒绝西方社会传统法规和道德标准的民族,而这些法规和道德已经帮助美国成为一个进步的和法制的国家。由此可知,要解决出现在人身上的问题,西方社会传统法规和道德标准就需要重新被遵守,故答案为[B]。是不遵守西方社会传统法规和道德标准导致了社会问题,故排除[A];根据上面的分析可知,西方社会传统法规和道德标准现在仍需遵守,也就是没有过时,故排除[C]和[D]。
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