Question

Does today's society support Kant's contention that minors are not conditioned to think for themselves?

Answer 1

Today's society does support Kant's claim. Minors are not released unto the world, so to speak, until they are eighteen. They cannot drive until they are sixteen. They cannot move on until, scientifically, their brain has developed enough that their decision making is not clouded by emotions and pressure from others. Even in universities, students are guided along. Minors and not conditioned to think for themselves at first at all. Children are guided by their parents and family to do the right things. until they get older, then they can start to think for themselves. At first, though, they are conditioned to listen to their parents, who inherently know more than they do.

Answer 2

No, Because in today's society minors are more aggressive. They are observant and thinks rationally about what is happening around them. Most of them say that minors are just busy in front of the television screen, scrolling down on their iPhones in their facebook account or just tweeting around, and just letting their parents be the one to think for them. BUT no. Some of the minors are like that, but not all. They seem not heard socially because the public dictates that they are only minors, so they think about of other interventions for them to be heard, one of which is through the social media.