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Entry: Freedom from shame? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/freedom_from_shame#32469 Post contents: The point of the liberal monograph, "It Takes a Village," was that the entire community, not just the parents, should pass on cultural values - what is permitted and what is beyond the norm. Now that a liberated teenager confronts a disapproving adult, a member of the community, it no longer takes a village. Presumably, the teenager is avoiding accountability to her parents. So we invent some new principle, freedom from shame, or anything handy, to keep chipping away at any norms that give society moral cohesion. Sent at: 2008 12 01