Why aren't Ethics taught in School?
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They are in some private schools.\n\nC'mon...you know the answer to this.  We can't teach anything that helps kids be better people.  That would be forcing our beliefs on them.  We can't teach ethics because someone would raise hell about it and we are cowards and would give in to the loudest voice instead of doing what is right.
801062
Many schools are already teaching a great deal apart from regular lessons.   The things that need to be taught to prepare students for real life include:\n\n1.  how to get along with all kinds of people\n2.  how to be punctual - on time\n3.  how to compromise\n4.  how to cooperate\n5.  sensitivity, compassion, and kindness\n6.  how to help others\n7.  an understanding that there will always be people you don't necessarily like, and there is nothing you can do about it, but they are people too\n8.  the understanding that it is ok to be different\n9.  tolerance\n10. work ethic\n\n......... to name a few.  I hope this helps.
400283
There are no federal policies on what must be taught in schools, because that is left to the states. Nonetheless, the feds do encourage the teaching of abstinance. The sites below provide some more information.
590801
I don't believe there should be a date and time stamp on things of this nature.  If you do that then you're saying that at this date and time your openion might have been accepted.  Ethics involves personal questions, which no matter what the thought, good or bad, it will still be wrong to some portion of the population.  Ethics is an individual issue, they should be dealt with on an individual basis, not in a public forum.  You will never convince a person to think different when they are out numbered and backed against a wall.
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No.\n\nReligion should be taught by families and in churches, temples, mosques, etc. \n\nWhile I would like my children to have strong morals, faith and belief, I also want my children to have as much knowledge as possible. \n\nIn public schools, a comparative religions class is perfect (and necessary, I believe). Everyone should have a firm and accurate understanding of other religions (what they blieve, some traditions, explanations, how they are different and most imporantly how they are similar). Telling children which is religion is best or right, however, is not acceptable. Parents and Guardians have the right to raise their children as they see fit, but children also have the right to choose the religion they believe is best for them.\n\nWhat should be taught in public schools are things like reading, writing, arithmetic, history, language, philosophy, and science. Children go to school to gain knowledge (including knowledge of religion, for exmaple, in a comparative religions class), not to gain faith. I won't trust others to teach faith (and one cannot truly teach faith) to my children, and I don't think most people should. Not in a public school anyway.
830251
Once in college, because thats when highschool ethics don't work anymore. Everyone is different there and theres more people so nobody really cares.
781455
I have taught in "Brethren Schools". The students come to learn and treat each other and the staff with respect. Because of their religious philosophy, you get some interesting situations!\nA child drops or throws a piece of paper on the floor. The teacher asks," Who did that?".  The child IMMEDIATELY owns up!\n\nImagine such an episode in a state school.\n\nIt is one of the reasons that they don't want their children educated in the state system.
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Well, I was a philosophy major in college, so I guess I'm obligated to help.\n\nOur professors always told us that we don't get the answers to any questions as an undergraduate.  We just get to learn a few definitions and maybe formulate a question or two.  You need to be a graduate student to work on the answers.  (Not in Yahoo!)\n\nSo work on one of those slippery definitions, like "moral," or "justice."  You start by gathering a few dictionary definitions, then work with them to see if you can formulate a definition that will do what you want it to do when you use it in a sentence.  Or a question, if possible.  Like we had one course that the title of the course was "Why be moral?"  Obviously, before you can answer a question like that, you need a good definition of moral.  Or more simply, you need to be able to distinguish it from other near-cognates, like "Why be ethical?" or "Why be honorable?" or even "Why be legal?"\n\nGood luck.  If you need more help, you can post a question for me on my Yahoo 360 page, which is also auntb93.
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If q is for compulsory school education: There are too many countries like this. Mainly western countries and CIS countries are having compulsory school education whereas at most of other countries it is voluntary.\n\nIf it is about attendance in class: Then I afraid as per rule it would not be voluntary anywhere however in practice it is in many countries because there are developing countries where they offer incentives to attend school.
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How about lack of proper guidance in the Public School system?  Do teachers work for a salary or to improve the knowledge of the youth they teach? What is wrong with education in (your country) today.   Do any of these get it for you?
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People now-a-days have no morals. It's sad really, a lot are influenced by media, and everyday life. But if people consciously know right from wrong, then it's all in their mind and their decision whether or not to do wrong-doing.
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Schools are for educating children in academia.\nHomes should be the place morals are taught.\nMore & more I see schools, the N.E.A., the government, trying to indoctrinate children with what they believe is right.\nMy idea of family values won't necessarily concur with those of any of my child's teachers.  Even the teachers will all have a different outlook on which behaviors are correct.  Unless, of course, they get their guidelines from the N.E.A., then we'd have a government entity trying to teach morals to our kids. The N.E.A. is an aggressive group that wants to indoctrinate our kids from Kindergarten through highschool.\nJust read some of their policies they advocate.
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If 1/2 the schools in the US thinks yes, then teachers are not doing well in the history aspect of education. Now, these kids need to know their rights, and the rights of others. I thought schools get taught the Constitution and bill of rights. At least I would expect thee civil war to be mentioned before 6th grade, the rest would follow. Freedom of speech, FREEDOM OF PRESS, freedom of religion, and so on. With this knowledge one can understand why America is America and not new great Brittan or some British ruled country paying taxes on land we are not living and harvesting from. ( ha, nowadays, this country is doing all kinds of illegal activities. No wonder why 1/2 the youth is lost and confused)
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The national interest actually lies in ethics.\nWhile it might not seem so in the short term, acting unethically will weaken us morally. It also prompts others to retaliate etc. like 9/11 which cannot be good for anyone.\n\nWe should lead morally and ethically even if in the short term it puts us at a slight disadvantage.
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Everyone deserves information.  The purpose of school is to educate, after all.\n\nAnd you really should be taught religion by someone who has actually studied it.  Literature and Humanities teachers usually have entire libraries detailing Christianity, Islam, Sumerian gods, and hundreds of other religions.\n\nBesides, a lot of children only learn religion from one source:  their families.  That's very nice, but learning religion from your family has a couple of flaws:\n1.  Usually a religion stresses that other religions are wrong (especially monotheistic religions).  As such, parents are less willing to teach other religions.  The most information a child gets is, "That religion is wrong."  \n2.  Most family members are not qualified to teach about other religions.  That's like asking your father to teach you Calculus when he can't even multiply fractions.\n\nSo, learning religions from family members can often be counter to education.  At least in school, there is someone who is learned in these topics--in theory; there is always the risk of a teacher with a hidden agenda.\n\nI support teaching various religions in school.  It's as useful as teaching literature.  No, it won't get you a job necessarily, but it does enrich the person as he learns many viewpoints.\n\nEdit:  I see some people are confusing religion with morality--a common mistake.  I support schools teaching about religions, but it's up to the parents to teach about morals.  If the parents are amoral, then we can hope that the peers can correct the child's misconceptions.
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Isn't ANYTHING taught in schools anymore?
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Yes, but not because of everyone.  I think some people could live in a world where everything was free, because they have ethics.   They know right from wrong-- like people who return a stash of lost money, or if the ATM machine gives them extra.\n\nHowever, the non-ethical people would kill it for everybody.\n\nNothing would ever get done if everything was free.  People have to learn how to discipline themselves and work, to be a contributing member of society.