From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Wed Jun 09 2004 - 23:02:34 BST
Dear forum,
Quality, Ayn Rand style:
But is volunteerism actually good? Is service in slums and nursing homes a
proper moral ideal that will galvanize the young, adding value and significance
to their lives?
The answer is: no.
Teaching college ethics courses for the past eighteen years has taught me
that the best American students, and immigrants, even more so, desire one thing:
freedom to pursue their own happiness. They are not excited by the prospect of
selfless service at a homeless shelter; they are motivated by budding careers
in such areas as business, law, medicine and computer science.
Dr. Bernstein is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute in Marina del
Rey, Calif.
Mark: Universal Love looking a bit thin on the ground here.
All the best,
Mark
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