In my opinion, yes.

''A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.''

-Marcus Garvey

''Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.''

-Theodore Roosevelt

Regards

Dear Aristidis,

Thanks for you contribution!

Dagestani poet Rasul Gamzatov said: "If you shoot a revolver in the Past, the Future will shoot at a Person from a weapon." The fate of each Person is related to the Homeland, Ancestors, Traditions and Culture of the people. No forgiveness to those who force People to leave their Homeland. Even a plant whose roots lose contact with the ground, quickly dies. What can we say about a Human without a Country.

Philadelphia, PA

Dear Bonzanini, 

A country in ignorance of its history and ideals is like a person disoriented by loss of memory --and who cannot project any preferred future. In spite of that, history never repeats itself exactly, and does not tell us how to decide what we should do; instead, at best, it chiefly points out past errors and weaknesses to avoid. There is no inevitability of history; and our ideals are possibly realizable in many different ways. Neither is there any pre-ordained end of history. Its no good hopping on those various bandwagons. 

Proper patriotism must be critical as well as celebratory. But it can't very well be critical or celebratory in ignorance of the past. We need to be able to hold the politicians to our best ideals. 

We all need to know basic civics--how the country is supposed to work.

H.G. Callaway    

Dear 

Schools can best support students' moral development by helping teachers manage the stresses of their profession and by increasing teachers' capacity for reflection and empathy.

Yes, now more than ever, moral, ethical, and patriotic values need to be taught in our schools to our young learners to improve our society. Because our Digital natives have access and influence by values thru the Internet that may not necessarily reflect their national cultural or patriotic values, it is imperative for them to be taught these in our school system. Overlooking the latter can have detrimental implications to their well being and society as a whole. 

Many thanks,

Debra

My best thanks to Debra, Saeed, H.G. Callaway, Vladimir and Bárbara, for the excellent contributions!

By the way, in Brazil, until the 1980s, there was a discipline, in the basic formation, called "Moral and Civica", in the teachers taught the children, some of these values. I even had these in my initial education.

Be careful of Patriotic Values.  Although I am a patriot I see many that use this as an excuse to discriminate and hate others.  There always needs to be a well thought out teaching of this issue.  One must point out that we are lucky to live where others only dream of being and that of course why want to be here as they are not as free as we are.  But just like the rest of the world if we do not see them as good honest and true people then we are the problem not them. 

Of course, moral, ethic and patriotic values through the learning of nacional history are very needed in order to cultivate the sense of being from some place, culture or home; in order to sow self-identity.  Many considered from developed countries cultivate patriotism intonating their nacional anthem at the beginning and end of many events or ceremonies of different kind, but they advise that teaching such patriotism could be dangerous for other, acting with a double standard.  It seems to me advisable to cultivate a form of patriotism compatible with cosmopolitalism.

Dear Osmar:

I think that ethical values are a fundamental part of a good education. Of course, different people and groups in a society usually have, to a greater or lesser degree, different views about what specific values should be emphasized. In my view, when discussing about the need to reform education systems, clarifying this issue should be something of utmost importance. I agree with Callaway and Van Hoesen that we must approach the past and ideals of our country with an appropriate critical view, taking into account that in every society coexist diverse, changing traditions, and that all cultural traditions are equally valuable. 

I agree with Debra Sharon Ferdinand

and it is continuing in my place.

I agree with the magority: yes very important.

I want to point out the didactic importance of that kind of education. Or in other words: how can we improve the learning effectivness? In my oppinion the most effective kind to motivate and educate pupils and students is the teacher living it by himself what he wants to transport.

Peter

Hello all, it is really a very nice and needed topic to be discussed . I do agree with the fact the ethical , moral and patriotic values should be included in the teaching. But as I am a medical teacher i feel that these values should be taught from childhood and parents , family should be involved in this. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to teach something which is very new to them at the young adult age. Have practically demonstration of all these. What we do is role plays included in teaching.

Dear Osmar,

I agree with the previous answers of Dr. Aristidis Matsoukis and Dr. H.G. Callaway. Yes, it is very important and well applied in my country Iraq for a long time as well as many other Arab countries.

Regards

SM Najim

Surely!!! No second thought about this!!

Dear Professor Osmar

If the children do not learn their culture and history, they will not have a sense of belonging. It is happening a false globalization. We can not explain the similarities of the countries without knowing the differences.

I think that my others points of views were exposed better by the previous colleagues.

Kind regards

M João C Teixeira 

Hello my Friends,

"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious" ~Oscar Wilde

"It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices critically."

~Paulo Freire

In consideration to the dialectic, if the opposite of right is wrong, can the opposite of one profound truth be another profound truth? We must tread careful when carrying our nationalism, so not to separate our virtues.

Educational values, Ethics, and Moral values, seem that are required for everybody, if we want really to improve our society? Someone only can give/share what he/she have?

Philadelphia, PA

Dear all, 

I have worked though the theme of freedom in relation to Quine (and Davidson), but also in relation to the thought of the 19th-century American literary philosopher, R.W. Emerson. The present question and thread remind me more of Emerson, and I would like to suggest the following Introduction which I wrote for one of my Emerson editions, The Conduct of Life:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301479259_Introduction_Emerson_on_Creativity_in_Thought_and_Action

A general theme of my Introduction is to draw on Emerson, developing the point that creativity is part of, or belongs to our conception of freedom--this being, of course, a matter of higher cognitive function. But it is also quite ordinary, in another way, and easily connects with the theme of problem solving. When we become able to do something that we could not do before, then this expands the sphere of freedom. I see Emerson as a sophisticated compatibilist. For Emerson, freedom is quite definitely a moral concept, and there is no dichotomy separating the moral from the factual, the "ought" from the "is."

The book itself is widely available from book sellers: 

https://www.amazon.com/Conduct-Life-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson/dp/0761834117

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conduct-Life-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson/dp/0761834117/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Comments invited. Generally, it is thought which makes us free, though our conclusions need to be combined with moral sentiment to come into action. 

H.G. Callaway

Chapter Introduction, "Emerson on Creativity in Thought and Action"

Nazi Germany and fascist Italy had all that, and the result was a mega catastrophe

Had ''Nazi Germany and fascist Italy'' moral values? I do not think so. It is other thing for someone to believe that they have moral values and other thing to really have these values.

''...if you asked them.''

I agree, in accordance with my previous response ''It is other thing for someone to believe that they have moral values...''.

Moral values, are very important in shaping integrity and virtues in the society. when integrated in the Education system, more-so from the early stages, it can really go along along in building a patriotic and virtuous society.

Article The Role of Moral Values in Development Personality Teenagers

what kind of values are we talking about? feminism? tolerance? nationalism? globalism? militarism? evangelic values? collectivism? individualism? competition? cooperation? misogyny? obedience? critical thinking?

Dear Marco,

When I questioned, I wanted to refer to positive values for society, such as respect for others, the spirit of solidarity, good manners, respect and attention to parents and family, since they are common to all societies.

Also, respect for the homeland and its symbols.

By the way, thank you for your contributions! Greetings.

Dear Rashid C.A Kawawa,

Thanks for you contributions! Greetings.

António Manuel Abreu Freire Diogo, H.G. Callaway and Alimjan Abla,

Thank you very much for your contributions! Cheers.

Dear Aristidis,

Thank you very much for your contributions! Greetings!

Dear Maria J. C. Teixeira, Gerald, Jayaram, and Pierlorenzo,

I appreciated your contributions. Greetings!

Dear Osmar,

Any answer to this question can only be subjective since it depends on your definition of "improve" ... and how can one ever define "improve" without creating a tautology of subjective moral pronouncements ?

Ales Kralj makes some very important observations (on page 2, above) which seem very worthy of further attention /consideration /study.

Regards,

Bob

Dear Bob,

Thank you very much for your observation!

In my opinion, a better society contemplates less violence, absence of inequalities, no oppression, no racism, no person living in misery and so on. Greetings!

Hello everyone!

Certainly every country or society has its own values, both moral and ethical, as well as the devotion to the motherland. As Ales Kralj put it well, what is right for some is not for others.

I was aware of this when I questioned and one of the goals was to get perceptions from as many people as possible and from different countries.

Thanks in advance for all contributions submitted!

 Obvious from previous discussions on RG that this issue was a problem in different countries. These values must be rooted in the family first which leaving a good impression in children. But the problem lies in the educational institutions that does not care for these values correctly, at the present time in my country because of the security conditions and conflicts. There is another serious problem is the political reality of the countries and the lack of credibility of politicians and lack of integrity in some way to the lack of trust of the community leads to their leaders, leaving a bad impression on the youth boys.

Philadelphia PA

Dear Skiles, 

Making the question out to be subjective seems to me to amount to rejecting the question. But, if so, why comment? I would think you'd merely wash your hands of it, given your view. 

You wrote:

Any answer to this question can only be subjective since it depends on your definition of "improve" ... and how can one ever define "improve" without creating a tautology of subjective moral pronouncements ?

---End quotation

In general terms, I would say that "Including moral, ethical, and patriotic values in teaching young people tends to improve our society," because it discourages and inhibits vulgar wheeling and dealing, unprincipled alliances and exploitation directed against unsuspecting outsiders, institutional insider-trading, which abuses the purposes of public and private institutions for private gain and advantage, etc. 

Any living person or society already has values, and prospective reforms are going to be judged by reference to the values people already have in place. There is a kind of optimization or reconfiguration of values involved in reforms of any sort, but what is new will reflect what is left unchanged. The process of re-evaluation is potentially objective, even if the starting points (initial configuration of values) differs from one society to the next. 

What is implicitly advocated in our question? Greater emphasis on teaching values in the schools. What would be changed by that? It amounts to a rejection of uncritical acceptance of any and all differences--the cult of evasion and thoughtless acceptance. Could this make for improvements? Yes, of course, improvements by the lights of the society or group institutiing the reforms. 

H.G. Callaway

Oh yes I think the teaching of these values are critical for the development of children and teenagers as it would help them to learn to trust, think about the rightness or wrongness of intended actions and reactions in later years. However i do not think these could be properly taught in a classroom but through their participation in Sports, Community groups, Creative and Performing Arts. 

Educating moral, ethical, and patriotic values and practicing these may tends to improve our society

As long as the teachings of those values do not valorize and promote ethnocentrism. A value or ethics that dehumanizes and or demonizes its "other' as non humans or huiman beings with question marks to be exploited needs to be discarded

Mr. Kralj

The answer is No--I have a name for it:"Hyper- Imperialism"

Hello everyone and great day!

Initially, I thank you for all the responses so far sent, as the issue is controversial and results in discussions.

I reinforce my view that all exceptions are harmful to society and this holds true for practices that have already led to numerous conflicts in our history.

I see ethics and morality, as well as the feeling of patriotism as instruments for society to fight (without arms, of course), against political corruption, something that we are experiencing today, here in Brazil!

Greetings!

Hello everyone! Today will be a historic day for Brazilian society: a former president, with several corruption cases, will be tried in 2nd. instance, here in my state. There are already demonstrations on both sides and, above all, it is a moment for society to reflect on ethics, morals and actions of politicians and rulers. Unfortunately, our scenario is very bleak.

http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-42725564

These areas of humanity training offered students heightens their learned skills to make them function better in their societies. What would be the essence of education if it fails to ingrain good morals into learners? The holistic education of learners is achieved only after empowering them with these humanistic values!

Dear Dickson, many thanks!

Nobody can deny that teaching these values are critical to children's and teenagers development. The challenge remains with respect to how it should be done. Most definitely, lectures on Moral and Values are not the way to go. Indeed the internalization of these values takes a long time in fact different lengths of time for different children and teenagers. Moreover we have to remember that there are other things holding the attention of our children and teenageers. In many schools that I know of and taught in we used sports, creative and performing arts through which children imbibe these values informally and for a much longeer time than through formal sessions.

Dear Russel J. Foote,

Thank you very much for your contribution!

Teach the concept of ethics in school. What is its importance?

https://www.cpt.com.br/cursos-educacao-infantil/artigos/ensinar-o-conceito-de-etica-na-escola-qual-a-sua-importancia

Surely yes.

To the colleagues of the RG, wishes for a happy and happy new year!

Moral, ethical and social values are very essential to be taught for children at an early time of their development so that they become deeply rooted in their lives.

Dear Hazim Al Dilaimy,

thank you for your contribution!

Regards.

Dear Osmar,

I also want to point out that it is difficult to teach ethical values. But we can live them while teaching and we can convience students being a guide in behavior: making mistaks and having a positive character.

Young people do not tend to improve society. They change society as we did in former years and we still do. Of course, education plays a dominant role in living ethical, partriotic or moral values. But this has to happen by guide or pattern, not by teaching.

Peter

Yes

Hazim Al Dilaimy

Thank you for your contribution!

Regads.

Peter Eyerer

Good contribution. Thank you!

Regards!

Shno Mustafa Ali

Wellcome!

Nowadays, observing the behavior of young people, I realize that in my country the teaching of moral and ethical content in everyday life is not bringing positive results! Just look at the amount of garbage left in the squares at the end of Sundays. Unfortunate!

Examining our attitudes is the first step towards making our experience in society valuable.

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