Article #5 in a Series >>>>> Concise Observations on Existence and Education

Ethical Values to Be Imparted in Public Schools Overhauled for Curricular Excellence

School represents, along with family, religious institutions, social organizations, and other life experience a determinative force as a person's genetic and biological constitution interacts with environment.

To produce an informed citizenry in the generations to come, to replace the abysmally ignorant national populace extant today, we must overhaul education for knowledge intensity and elevated ethical content.

At their best, the world's major belief systems offer values to be incorporated into a consensual ethical value system >>>>>  

>>>>>  from Judaism, the relentless aspiration to discover and live according to supreme justice and righteousness; 

>>>>> from Hinduism, the non-egotistical commitment to >dharma< (moral law) in the pursuit of spiritual liberation;  

>>>>>  from Confucianism. the commitment to practical daily behavior for betterment of family and society,  

>>>>> from Daoism, an appreciation for nature and flexible response to both aversive and joyful events;  

>>>>>  from Christianity, universal love for all humankind;  

>>>>> from Buddhism, deep compassion for all beings in lives of firm mental and moral discipline;  

>>>>>  from Islam, steadfast and undistracted devotion to supreme truth and disciplined personal behavior.  

In our classrooms, we must conduct vigorous discussions focused on these  exalted moral values, with a commitment to go forth in the world with love for all human beings, deep appreciation for nature, and a commitment to the best life for all on this one earthly sojourn.