Moral education must encourage democratic behavior which, in turn, would enable individuals to make moral decisions. This program, however, is not on the agenda of the present government’s policy on education. Likewise, so-called experts on ethics who, asked by the government to conduct lectures, preach the perpetuation of traditional educational values in the name of morality, are clearly the wrong candidates for this truly important task.
Herbert Hanreich is an assistant professor in the Applied English Department at I-Shou University in Kaohsiung County.
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