Ontology of Morality in the Phenomenon of Education

Abstract

The morality is the fundamental basis and ontological foundation of the educa­tion phenomenon. It is becoming increasingly apparent that modern education is excluding morals from its activities, thereby destroying its human foundation and transforming it into a moral-free institution. This paper examines the place of morality in the fundamental ontology of education and describes categories of anthropo-defining ontology of education – its existentials and societals. Onto­logical oppositions are developed, including the moral and spiritual (in terms of separation between categories of “human being” and “personality”), moral, moral-free, and immoral, morality and values. The author also reveals the rela­tionship between unpredictability of morality and attitudes towards truth and dis­sonance of morality. Instruments of morality and ontological separation of moral categories in modern education are defined. The fundamental question regarding the morality, as well as moral duty of education, are formulated. The outpacing role of education in the moral growth of society is substantiated. The need in re­definition the content of education from the viewpoint of cultivating human prin­ciples of personality is shown. The processes of displacing morality from scien­tific and educational relations in Russia are presented.