Educação, ética e cidadania

Abstract

The school as a social institution has as one of its basic objectives the introduction of the individual to society. This insertion is clearly delined in official documents (The Law of Basic Directives in National Education and National Curricular Parameters) as the formation of authentic citizens who actively participate in the building up of the country. However, citizenship as a sociological category ought to be considered not just an exercise of rights and obligations, but as the minimum demanded for a dignified existence. Moreover, individual formation always maintains a clear ethical option of respect for the free self-determination of the human person.