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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong ?
Does "typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong' mean "typically taught children from their childhood that they (children) should regard killing as wrong"?
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The armed forces of a State provide its primary means of defence and of aggression against those whom the States ideology denes as enemies, whether nternal or external. The particular ideological function of the military is to transform citizens -typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong - into agents willing to kill. To achieve this, the military emphasizes the importance of obedience to authority. As Stanley Milgrams experiments showed persuading even highly socialized, liberal, and otherwise gentle people to harm others for a cause is frighteningly easy if the instructing authority is accepted. Elias Canetti remarks that this system of commands is perhaps most articul
in armies, but there is scarcely any sphere of civilized life where commands do not reach and none of us they do not mark
Context:
The armed forces of a State provide its primary means of defence and of aggression against those whom the States ideology denes as enemies, whether nternal or external. The particular ideological function of the military is to transform citizens -typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong - into agents willing to kill. To achieve this, the military emphasizes the importance of obedience to authority. As Stanley Milgrams experiments showed persuading even highly socialized, liberal, and otherwise gentle people to harm others for a cause is frighteningly easy if the instructing authority is accepted. Elias Canetti remarks that this system of commands is perhaps most articul
in armies, but there is scarcely any sphere of civilized life where commands do not reach and none of us they do not mark
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NL888 The particular ideological function of the military is to transform citizens - (who are ) typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong - into agents willing to kill. It is a relative clause equivalent, or, as many native speakers say, a reduced relative clause. Commas are usually used to set a relative clause apart.
- NL888 The particular ideological function of the military is to transform citizens - (who are ) typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong - into agents willing to kill.
- It is a relative clause equivalent, or, as many native speakers say, a reduced relative clause.
- Commas are usually used to set a relative clause apart.
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NL888The particular ideological function of the military is to transform citizens -(who are) typically taught from childhood to regard killing as wrong - into agents willing to kill.It is a relative clause equivalent, or, as many native speakers say, a reduced relative clause. Commas are usually used to set a relative clause apart.
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