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A Sustainable Philosophy for Teaching Ethics and Morals to Build Character, Pro-social Skills and Well-being in Children
Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-25 , DOI: 10.1007/s40961-023-00304-1
Dipankar Khanna

This paper looks at frameworks for the practice of moral and ethical values for children, drawn from Yoga and Buddhist Philosophies. Verily the purpose is to inculcate a repository of thought and behaviour through which they align moral and ethical behaviours by becoming important cogs in establishing harmony in the world that we exist. Harmony between one child and another child, harmony between children and their families, harmony between the families and larger society and harmony between society and other sentient beings and life forms is what constitutes cosmic-harmony. In this sense, Confucius’ triadic cosmic-harmony and the timeless Vedic Ṛta are not merely a philosophical thought or idea envisaged in ivory towers but real-time experiencing or darsana. This is realized through disciplined individual behaviours in balancing of our purusharthas with our dharma; aligning these with a sense of universal responsibility out of care and concern for one another. This would ensure in connecting and building synergy with all that surrounds us since these practices fostering morals and ethics could also be befitting measures to counter the Anthropocene epoch’s negative geologic impact on our planet. This paper is being written from the perspective of human beings and their practice of humanism via moral and ethical behaviour. The point of departure being that humans are placed as a dominant species at the centre of our planet with unprecedented power to influence the fate of other species, the environment and the future of the quality of bio-diversity of life on earth.



中文翻译:

教授伦理道德以培养儿童品格、亲社会技能和福祉的可持续理念

本文探讨了源自瑜伽和佛教哲学的儿童道德和伦理价值观实践框架。事实上,其目的是灌输思想和行为的宝库,通过它们使道德和伦理行为保持一致,成为在我们存在的世界中建立和谐的重要齿轮。孩子与孩子的和谐、孩子与家庭的和谐、家庭与社会的和谐、社会与众生、生命体的和谐,就是宇宙和谐。从这个意义上说,孔子的三元宇宙和谐和永恒的吠陀圣不仅仅是象牙塔中设想的哲学思想或想法,而是实时体验或darsana。这是通过有纪律的个人行为来平衡我们的普鲁萨塔斯和我们的佛法来实现的;将这些与出于相互关心和关心的普遍责任感结合起来。这将确保与我们周围的一切建立联系并建立协同作用,因为这些培养道德和伦理的做法也可能是应对人类世时代对我们星球的负面地质影响的适当措施。本文是从人类及其通过道德和伦理行为实践人文主义的角度撰写的。出发点是,人类被视为地球中心的优势物种,拥有前所未有的力量来影响其他物种的命运、环境以及地球上生命生物多样性质量的未来。

更新日期:2023-09-26
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