Some people believe that teaching morality should be the foundation of education. Others believe that teaching a foundation of logical reasoning would do more to produce a moral society.
The statement provided for discussion is that teaching morality should be the foundation of education. Other believe that teaching a foundation of logical reasoning would do more to produce a moral society. There are multiple aspects that can be addressed as a part of this statement. First, what are the different ways in which moral values can be inculcated or passed on to children. Of those diverse ways, what would be the most effective way. And second, to discuss whether morality is linked to logical reasoning.
Morality encompasses thoughts, intentions and actions. The ability to differentiate between right and wrong, the intention of wanting to do the right thing and the ability to take actions to ensure that we are doing the right thing. Moral foundations are passed on to children starting from a very young age. As they grow up, they use this moral compass to channel their thoughts and actions. How every child's moral value is shaped up depends on the learnings that they have had as well as the experiences that they gained have along the years.
As mentioned above, moral values can be inculcated in children through different means and sources. Schools play a very important role in shaping moral values for the children. School curriculum for the initial years include fables and stories that culminate with a moral lesson. Infact, in Indian schools Moral Science is a subject that the children undertake for all of their primary schooling years. Parents and the extended members of the society in which these children grow up, play a very important role in bolstering the learnings these children gain from school. Children tend to pickup or learn more from what they see, hear and experience on a daily basis.
The second part of the statement mentions that the foundation of logical reasoning would do more to produce a moral society. I do not agree to this statement. A logical action may not necessarily be moral in nature and vice-versa. For example, consider a situation where a destitute child, living on the streets steals an apple kept outside a grocery store for display. The moral compass says that stealing is unacceptable. The logical side of us allows us to understand the fact that the child was hungry, did not have the cash to pay for food and hence, had to resort to means of stealing for his own survival. Having said this, schools should definitely focus on strengthening the logical foundations of children from an early age along with strengthening moral foundations. The two need not be mutually exclusive.
Hence, I believe that morality should be the foundation of education. Children should not only be taught what is factually right or wrong, they should also be explained the various situations and scenarios that need to be taken into consideration while deciding what is morally acceptable. Schools should impart practical knowledge, put children through various simulated situations to help them think of their own, take a decision and eventually learn through their own experiences.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, hence, if, may, second, so, then, well, while, for example, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2547.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 503.0 442.535393258 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06361829026 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.73578520332 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69506988725 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 238.0 215.323595506 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.473161033797 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 766.8 704.065955056 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.1471655088 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.9642857143 118.986275619 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.9642857143 23.4991977007 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.32142857143 5.21951772744 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.83258426966 269% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.367534964782 0.243740707755 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.121262868597 0.0831039109588 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.149727316195 0.0758088955206 198% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.221458897129 0.150359130593 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.132220046347 0.0667264976115 198% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.1392134831 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.77 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.96 8.38706741573 95% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 100.480337079 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 11.8971910112 50% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.