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Back in 1971, famous filmmaker Stanley KubrickAn American film director, producer, screenwriter and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Kubrick's movies include The Killing, Spartacus, Dr Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket. made a film called A Clockwork Orange about violence among young people in gangs. At the time, it shocked audiences, and was pulled from cinemas in the UK. People felt that it would encourage young people to be violent.

Some people think that now we are living in the world of A Clockwork Orange. They say that we should have lessons in how to be nice to each other like we did in the past.

US writer David Brooks argues that in the past, people were taught to be good in schools. Teachers told them that they owed moral duties to others in society.

But in recent decades this has changed. We are taught that we should look inwards to what makes us happy and fulfilled, instead of thinking about other people.

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He believes this has made us less considerate of the people around us.

But others say the problem is social, not individual. The government has neglected young people for too long. And they feel they are growing up in a society with little hope.

No wonder they make trouble for other people: it is a kind of revenge on the world.

Yes! For centuries we were taught a rigid moral code that made us think of the needs of the people around us. We can do that again.

No! People were not better and nicer to each other a century ago. If we want people to be nicer, we have to give them more of a stake in society.

Stanley Kubrick - An American film director, producer, screenwriter and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Kubrick's movies include The Killing, Spartacus, Dr Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket.