What is the role of Education in the Cultivation of Moral Sensibilities/Values?

      

What is the role of Education in the Cultivation of Moral Sensibilities/Values?

  

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Martin
As pointed out, man must co-exist with others – in order to realize oneself
Man as a SOCIAL BEING- can only realize himself through others.

Hence it is not in the interest of any individual to destroy others by selfish and aggressive activities.
At the very least man must allow others to exist.

Hence the need for moral values that can guide such co-existence.

Education must at least play an important role in inculcating desirable traits/dispositions of character, in short moral values.
At best, quality education must aim at producing autonomous moral agents.

Moral autonomy simply means that individuals be originators of their moral standards/values.

This means that individuals take personal responsibility for their actions and act only on convictions that are founded on fundamental beliefs, values and principles.

Morality at its ideal best is self-imposed; it’s from within the individual.
Individuality education – must therefore enhance and sharpen our moral sensibilities and improve our capacity for making choices and decisions.

TRANSFORM – individuals from being other- directed to being self-directed and societies - to accept only those values that are rationally grounded

marto answered the question on May 2, 2019 at 05:30


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