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| The students I taught were reactionary, not revolutionary | The students I taught were reactionary, not revolutionary |
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| According to Dorian Lynskey, the young are “quiet revolutionaries” (Journal, 8 November). Really? I have just retired from university having spent more than 10 years lecturing on ethics to third-years. I found the attitudes of the 100 students I dealt with annually in lectures and seminars deeply shocking. Over that period their views became increasingly authoritarian. | According to Dorian Lynskey, the young are “quiet revolutionaries” (Journal, 8 November). Really? I have just retired from university having spent more than 10 years lecturing on ethics to third-years. I found the attitudes of the 100 students I dealt with annually in lectures and seminars deeply shocking. Over that period their views became increasingly authoritarian. |
| More than 80% believed that the use of torture was acceptable. Their views on drug addicts, prostitutes and women in porn were deeply reactionary and illiberal. | More than 80% believed that the use of torture was acceptable. Their views on drug addicts, prostitutes and women in porn were deeply reactionary and illiberal. |
| Yes, they were libertarian on some issues, but scratch the surface a bit more (their empathy truly was skin-deep) and I was reminded more and more of Ayn Rand and her band of counter-revolutionaries.Dr Stephen DorrilHolmfirth, West Yorkshire | Yes, they were libertarian on some issues, but scratch the surface a bit more (their empathy truly was skin-deep) and I was reminded more and more of Ayn Rand and her band of counter-revolutionaries.Dr Stephen DorrilHolmfirth, West Yorkshire |
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