The study of Ethicology

I had the idea to create a subject called Ethicology. Ethocology is, of course, would be the study of ethics, morals, etiquettes, and even wisdoms.  It will also indirectly explore sociology, psychology, government, and perhaps economics. The subject would primarily explore the ethics and morals deriving from Christianity, Greek philosophy (primarily focusing on Pluto), Confucius philosophy, Buddhism, as well as briefly exploring other world religions to compare. The course will also explore cultural diversity by using Japanese etiquettes to explore alternative and different lifestyle ethics that is unfamiliar to ones own. This is to shift their learning perspective into a new and productive mindset which will alter the student’s behavior and mental processes. Further into the course, the course will deal with personal growth, emphasis of the importance of family, personal integrity, personal growth, critical thinking, and even personal finance. The course will also talk about forms of government and government cycles also deriving from Plato’s philosophy. The academic of the course will mainly focus on critical thinking, personal analysis, and in general, thinking-outside-the-box. It’s a course that require very little homework. One of the main activities or course projects is to create a civilization of your own and using government models a person will have to think and explore how they can guarantee the survival of that civilization with the main challenge to keep its citizens productive and prosperous. This activity will explore fictional and real-event economic and civil situations; explore how a government model changes over time; the positives and negatives of culture, and what laws and ethical decisions are necessary for the functionality of their system. In essence it’s a civilization simulation. Then we will use this in correspondence to a short explanation of world history and how the world has become the way it is today and how the world has overcome the challenges faced corresponding to the challenges faced in the civilization simulation project. Another interesting homework for this course is researching and finding quotes of wisdom from people of all walks of life.

Now I’m sure the question being asked is what is the purpose of Ethicology? What does it hope to achieve? Much like any other science, Ethicology is overall the study of humanity and it’s sustainability. For this, it’s necessary to explore ethics, morals, etiquettes so that solutions can be thought out for the survival and harmony of the human race. Nevertheless, the primary purpose of the course is personal integrity and growth. The following narrative is to change the average mind into a mind that is curious about life and learning, thinks productively and critically, promotes a harmonious environment, and promote a collective/cooperative filial social-interaction/ connection with others as well as respecting individuality (respecting personal differences and opinions). Furthermore, the farther aimed result of ethicology is to create an ethical government agency that houses philosphers, political and ethical philosophers, and ethical whistle blowers that monitor, report, and debate the government's actions, behaviors, and responses. 

If I were to create Ethicology and teach it as a subject, I would perhaps require students to have the following courses: psychology, sociology, philosophy, world history, anthropology, and economics. If necessary, I would also put this course before all the other required courses, because I want this course to mold a student’s learning experience to where students have a personal interest and growing desire to learn.

An abstract personal idea I had to add to the course is to teach them body language and lie detection so that the course can capture their interest with the narrative of turning them into a super hero with the ability to learn supernatural body language and lie detection abilities so that they have to use moral and ethical judgment of how they can use their powers for good. I think this idea can capture an audience and incentivize them to take the course.

In conclusion, by the end of this course a student’s vision of life and each other would be changed forever to where they would be in the mindset to make a difference in the world, promote harmony and prosperity, and to look at the world from many perspectives with the personal tools for intellectual growth and deep critical thinking.

In essence a person starts as a tadpole in a confined area with a small frame of mind and eventually grows legs, which evolves to the tools necessary to discover the world for oneself and venture out and explore to learn about the mysterious world around them.