Education, Moral Values and Human Society: A Constructive Reflection

The paper that follows is an exercise and reflection in philosophy and education, using themethodologies of conceptual clarification, analysis, exposition and argumentation. The paperexamines and interrogates the position and the role of education and moral values in thepursuit of the common good of society. This paper states that education needs to prepareindividuals to seek for the common good of society, most especially in whatever situating theyfind themselves in life. Education as a moving train has been and continues to be fundamentalto the development of citizens. Moral values, on the other hand, bring to play the value ofeducation and how individuals should apply such values in their daily activities within a givensociety. This paper therefore submits that education and morality have the same foundationinherent in human nature and this can be realised in a conducive human society. From theforegoing, it is clear that there is a distinct relationship between these three terminologies,(education, moral values and human society) and that they complement one another