Ethics in education - Which ethics?
Br Bill McCarthy fms
Abstract
Concern is often expressed for the moral state of Papua New Guinea, and ethics is proposed as a means of improving the situation. Those who speak out on this topic generally have in mind the post-primary school. This article will consider two ways in which the teaching of ethics might be approached, viz an ethics of doing and an ethics of being. An ethics of doing is the approach commonly used, but it is suggested that the ethics of being, or virtue ethics, should receive more attention. Two notable efforts to produce a curriculum that included ethics have been made by the Education Department and the Catholic Bishops Conference, but much work will need to be done for the effective implementation of these ethics programs. Such efforts are to be praised and encouraged. Some suggestions have been made to assist in the achievement of the desired goal.
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