Nora asks, when Daniel suggests he disapproves of her upbringing and not of her, "Aren't they the same?" What do you think? Can you disapprove of a person without disapproving of their upbringing?
Can you disapprove of a person without ...
Created: 04/30/21
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Absolutely. One can look at any multi child family and observe that each person, given the same love, opportunity, education, and upbringing may take totally different paths. It is an age old question...nature vs. nurture. Nature generally trumps nurture. Free will. Independent thought. How one is raised is just one factor in how one behaves as an adult. And one can be raised in horrible circumstances and become extraordinary adults by virtue of one’s own dedication, internal fortitude, and attitudes.
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Darn right you can--there are some people I've met in my 78 years who have had terrific upbringings--good homes with lots of love and creature comforts, education and moral and ethical example--who have turned out to be the worst cheats, liars, or in other ways untrustworthy creatures for whom I have little regard or approval. You train 'em and send 'em out into the world. What they do after that has no bearing good or bad on what you did. They are their own beings and will make choices that may have no basis in what they were taught
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Yes-I believe you can disapprove of a person without disapproving of their upbringing. There are many examples where people transcended their upbringing and became a person free of those influences-either to the benefit or detriment of that person. A person cannot choose where or to what family they are born in-
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As a child, your upbringing is not within your control - how could you hold that against someone? You can however disapprove of the adult’s behavior - upbringing is not an excuse for bad behavior - you can be sympathetic and understanding to that adult but still not approve
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