1950s TV Show: US Decline in Ethical Ethics & Moral MoralityIn this episode of “Chronoscope,” Charles Francis Potter, a philosopher and author, expounds to little effect on the moral problems of the day. He seems to be something of a blowhard, speaking in generalities and platitudes. He declares that there is a moral breakdown happening in American but assigns the blame to everyone and no one. Huey and Hazlitt each try to get him to blame the government, the family, and Church, and the school system, and he agrees with all that they say, but then later on makes statements that don’t line up with their questions. Huey gets him to agree that schoolchildren aren’t taught enough individual responsibility, but later, Potter launches into a diatribe about how the schools teach too much individualism, which leads to the “social sense” being underdeveloped in school children. He exhorts his fellow Americans to educate themselves about public affairs, vote, and “get their own houses in order.” See the full length: www.qualityinformationpublishers.com
