Moralization of Modern Education for Serving the Purpose of Life

Abstract

Humanity is at the cross-roads of secular (atheistic) and sacred (religious) approaches to civilization. Modern education is structured based on secular ethics of material well being following ‘hungry man is an angry man’ type of philosophy where education is viewed not really as an intellectual exercise but primarily as a project of development of skills and technology for material advancement. As a result, it has largely failed to produce capable individual with ‘efficiency combining morality’ required for serving the purpose of life – establishing world peace and prosperity and successes here and the hereafter. This study aims to meaningfully integrate religiosity and morality into modern education for making it more effective. It is a library research analysing the contents of related literature on the subject for meaningfully integrating revealed and rational sources of knowledge for developing a desired conceptual model of goals of education with the linkage that where science ends the philosophy begins, and where philosophy ends religion begins; and where no prejudice to any revealed religion exists. It has developed a conceptual model on the ideal goals of education and argued for the necessary moralization of the modern education system by incorporating religious moralities and values centering the purpose of life. Its findings have implications for education policy makers, academic institutions, educators, scholars, clerics, social thinkers, and civil societies for use as guides for necessary moralization of modern education.