Moral Education in Modern Society
Exploring the sources of moral teachings in today's world, questioning the role of parents, schools, welfare state, and justice system. How do different institutions shape values in a multicultural context?
Moral Education in Modern Society
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Comments Margo Trappenburg
The rules • Thou shalt not steal, cheat, molest or murder. • Thou shalt choose a responsible partner and keep only unto him/her for as long as you both shall live.
The rules • Thou shalt not steal, cheat, molest or murder. • Thou shalt choose a responsible partner and keep only unto him/her for as long as you both shall live. • Thou shalt work to earn a living.
Who will teach us the rules? • 1. Parents. Most parents do a good job. • But what if parents fail? Who will teach us then?
2. The school • It can teach penal law (stealing, killing etcetera). • It can teach work ethics. • Can it teach family values?
3. Other citizens • Are they entitled to preach? • To children? • To adults? • Are we entitled to judge less fortunate citizens? • Don’t the rich get away very easily if the Dalrymple rules are what morality is all about?
4. The welfare state. • Can we keep it? Or is the welfare state educating citizens the wrong way, giving all the wrong signals to the good, the bad and the lazy? • Is the British underclass a product of the welfare state or did it exist before that?
5. The criminal justice system • Is incarceration the answer to everything? • How is it possible that convicted criminals need their psychiatrist to tell them the error of their ways?
6. The psychiatrist • Is the moral approach an evidence based therapy that really works? • Or is it simply the right way to go forward and not a therapy at all? • Extra issue. How does all of the above change in the context of a multicultural society?