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

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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.

I believe that creating a foundation of logical reasoning in our education can go a long way in creating a more moral society. I feel logical reasoning can empower a person to consider more perspectives and arrive at a conclusion in a more holistic way than approaching it purely based on morals. I will explore this idea further with the following experiences from my personal life.

Moral education was a dedicated graded subject through my school education. We would begin everyday with a quote of the day which would target one specific virtue such as honesty, avoiding excessive greed, equanimity, sense of brotherhood, etc. We would then listen to stories from mythology or history that would highlight how a protagonist dealt with a certain situation by displaying the above-mentioned virtue or how he faced hardships because of his immoral decisions.

While these were enjoyable sessions of storytelling, I always wonder how much we took away from it as kids. Firstly, these stories were devoid of any relatable contexts for us as kids. Secondly, we concentrated on dealing with one virtue at a time which is seldom the way situations unfold in the real world. Thirdly, the stories always were narrated from the perspective of the protagonist and hence provided limited multiple perspectives of understanding why the situation unfolded the way it did. And as a result it portrayed a world where you live in a way a solitary existence where there are no repercussions of your actions on others.

I believe that because of these reasons I felt that teaching morality didn't serve its purpose. What we need is a for a child to understand the importance of thinking logically in any situation he finds himself in. He needs to understand that before judging a particular situation he should gain a deeper understanding of the multiple perspectives of the various stakeholders involved. He can only arrive at a conclusion when he has considered why someone acted a certain way and not just his own preconceptions and bias of what constitutes a moral way of life. He needs to understand that every action he takes affects not only his life but the lives of everyone involved. And when a person becomes this considerate and empathetic in his approach to life I believe it will create a more moral society.

For the above-mentioned reasons, I believe for a well rounded upbringing, education needs to focus more on creating a foundation of logical reasoning rather than teaching morality because it empowers the kid to approach the complexities of life in a better manner.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, hence, if, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, well, while, i feel, such as, as a result

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 19.5258426966 36% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 55.0 58.6224719101 94% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2153.0 2235.4752809 96% => OK
No of words: 430.0 442.535393258 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00697674419 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55372829156 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.0387447595 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 219.0 215.323595506 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.509302325581 0.4932671777 103% => OK
syllable_count: 698.4 704.065955056 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.4358778825 60.3974514979 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.611111111 118.986275619 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.8888888889 23.4991977007 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.5 5.21951772744 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.216262974636 0.243740707755 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0721327697077 0.0831039109588 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0974747184113 0.0758088955206 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.137990649871 0.150359130593 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0936476595531 0.0667264976115 140% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.1639044944 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 100.480337079 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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