e topics are clearly immoral, but are exalted. The people featured on the talk-shows, would have, at one time, felt embarrassed or shameful for their immoral behavior. Now, they are exposed, given much attention and considered valuable in their entertainment value, even if what they are doing is illegal and criminal (i.e., prostitution, drug-dealing, pedophilia) (Cozic 110).The development of our society has produced organic solidarity, resulting in isolation, no support, no conscious and a desire for instant gratification. This clearly defies Aristotle’s view of the virtue of friendship. Aristotle discerned two books of the Nicomachean Ethics to friendship. The basis of friendship, according to Aristotle, is that “true friends support each other is doing what is right and in avoiding what is wrong (Schweigert)”. In the days of Aristotle, this was an effective method because friends morally supported each other and influenced them between right and wrong decisions. In our society, many people are isolated from each other, because there is no reason to be interdependent. This prevents any influence from a morally intelligent peer.Shocking, but true, narcotic education programs in school stir curiosity in minds of young people to experience the talked of high from a certain drug. When the “War on Drugs” erupted, drug use among middle school students actually rose. They were trying marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and inhalants (Cozic 126). This is because, until recently, many drug programs focused on the temporary results of a drug instead of the long-term results. The programs often describe, in detail, the hallucinations, colors, and emotional feeling of the drug. Self respect is much lacking in the situations of those who experiment with the drugs, only changed through the gain of moral integrity.When crime should have been rising in the late 1800s because of rapid urbanization, industrialization, an...
