jeudi 6 mars 2008

education and democracy

The education system is designed to cultivate ignorance and stupidity as preparation for complying with the injustices of the political system as it has evolved (voting is part of coercive and dictatorial government) Each person who is aware of what is really going on can press for empowering education (democratic education) for children everywhere ... education which cultivates real intelligence.

It is important to understand the meaning of morality as 'moral intelligence' or ‘moral consciousness’ as opposed to the authoritarian interpretation of the word in the sense of ‘moralism’.

American moralism is the basis for American foreign policy and the American definition of the role of commander-in-chief. In keeping with Obama's stand for change in Washington, we need a new definition for the role of commander-in-chief as a moral leader or 'statesman' who stands for peaceful and therefore moral solutions to human political problems. The function of America's president as commander-in-chief would be to promote freedom in the true sense of the word i.e. freedom of rational conscience or 'moral freedom'. Moral freedom is true freedom of rational conscience - a universal human aspiration and the basis for true democracy.Development of rational conscience depends on complete personal development or 'moral development'. Consequently the most important issue is that of educational policy… not only in terms of allocation of funds but more importantly in terms of philosophy. The ‘right’ educational philosophy which is foundational to the freedom of democratic society is based on the meaning of education in the real sense of the word as derived from the Latin word ‘ducare’ meaning to lead out or bring out. As democracy depends on the human potential for rational intelligence, then the right education focuses on the person as a whole i.e. so-called 'holistic education'.

Holistic education involves educational philosophy and practice which is consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 26 paragraph 2). “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”