Spineless Slouch, yet Sovereign?
“A nation that forgets how to ask ‘What is the good?’ will soon forget why it bothers to eat, sleep, build, or vote.” They’re phasing out Ethics. That’s not a metaphor. Not a headline you scroll past. It’s the quiet undoing of one of the last remaining things in our schools that still asks the question: "What should we do?" Not: "What works?" Not: "What’s profitable?" Not even: "What’s trending?" But simply — what’s right? And it is being dropped like an elective, as if Ethics were optional. They say it’s for “streamlining.” That we need more “practical” skills, more “marketable” subjects. That in a world of data and dollars, Aristotle can wait. That in a country of TikTok, truth is quaint. That in a society chasing survival, morality is a luxury we cannot afford. But I say this: Ethics is not luxury — it is the spine. You remove it, and the body still moves — yes. But it slouches. It limps. It kneels when it should stand. I’ve seen how thi...