What Is the Role of Morality in Modern Society?
Victoriya Aksiutina
Eliza Taitelieva
FYS # 15
Long essay #3 What is the role of moral education in modern society? Our life is a long process, which permanently changes and develops. Nowadays modern society lives in incredible rhythm, where the main purposes are earning money, earning money and earning money. Also purposes are to have a power too. It is not good for society in whole. Society consists of simple persons, who are a nature existence with emotions and feelings. A human being has a soil. It is a subtle matter, which necessary to keep and care. Ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius mentions about saving and keeping soil by means of moral and spiritual education. Methods are four parts of Confucius’s doctrines rites ( li ), goodness (ren) ,master (zi) and filial piety, relationship values ( hsiao ). The main idea, which unites these doctrines, is a morality and spirituality. It is benevolence, aggregate of all good appearances. Benevolence is a necessary state for every person. But what does it mean? What is a morality and spirituality? Morality is a code of elementary norms of proprieties. Also morality is similar notion with spirituality. Both are the main things in the society and in culture. But morality is a temper of behavior in society; spirituality is conditions of soil, right world-view and harmony with own mind. Also it is the essential part of steady-state economy and cultural heritage. Morality creates stability state. If people want to be a real state, but not only group of individuals uniting by general territory, they should know and learn own historical past, know own culture and speak on native language. Language, history and culture are a fundament of moral and spiritual person. Nowadays society should have not only schools and university’s education, but also a moral education. Moral education is a base for growing good person and citizen. Human of future is a moral human. We live in
Eliza Taitelieva
FYS # 15
Long essay #3 What is the role of moral education in modern society? Our life is a long process, which permanently changes and develops. Nowadays modern society lives in incredible rhythm, where the main purposes are earning money, earning money and earning money. Also purposes are to have a power too. It is not good for society in whole. Society consists of simple persons, who are a nature existence with emotions and feelings. A human being has a soil. It is a subtle matter, which necessary to keep and care. Ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius mentions about saving and keeping soil by means of moral and spiritual education. Methods are four parts of Confucius’s doctrines rites ( li ), goodness (ren) ,master (zi) and filial piety, relationship values ( hsiao ). The main idea, which unites these doctrines, is a morality and spirituality. It is benevolence, aggregate of all good appearances. Benevolence is a necessary state for every person. But what does it mean? What is a morality and spirituality? Morality is a code of elementary norms of proprieties. Also morality is similar notion with spirituality. Both are the main things in the society and in culture. But morality is a temper of behavior in society; spirituality is conditions of soil, right world-view and harmony with own mind. Also it is the essential part of steady-state economy and cultural heritage. Morality creates stability state. If people want to be a real state, but not only group of individuals uniting by general territory, they should know and learn own historical past, know own culture and speak on native language. Language, history and culture are a fundament of moral and spiritual person. Nowadays society should have not only schools and university’s education, but also a moral education. Moral education is a base for growing good person and citizen. Human of future is a moral human. We live in