A educação ética como fundamento para a formação de uma sociedade: uma reflexão em Immanuel Kant

Abstract

This monograph has as its theme Ethical Education as a Foundation for the Formation of a Society: A Reflection on Immanuel Kant. The problem of this research is articulated in the following way: what education should be transmitted to our society today so that man develops his potentialities to the fullest? In terms of problematization, the foundation of this questioning is based on the fact that the education of our time is, tendentially, unidimensional, in the sense that it does not aim to awaken and develop the diverse potentialities of the human being. The work has as its general objective: to reflect on ethical education as a foundation for the formation of a society: a reflection on Immanuel Kant. The specific objectives are the following: to define humanizing moral education, to identify the essence of education as a process of humanization, and to discuss the viability of moral education for modern society. The methodology used was bibliographic research aided by the hermeneutic technique of analysis and interpretation of the information collected during the research. The work concludes that the role of education is to perfect the dispositions that man already possesses regarding the moral law of life in society. Thus, in Kant's pedagogy, the moral subject is the main element of education. The instruction of man is part of Kant's great concerns, because according to him, men could only be happy to the extent that they became moral and wise, which would only be possible through education. Kant sees in education, more specifically in practical education, considering that moral education should lead to a harmonious coexistence among men within society.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)