Effects Of Morality And Crime In A Society And It's Relationship To Learning

        

      Effects Of Morality And Crime In A Society And It's Relationship To Learning

   H.L. Mencken quoted "Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong and that 99% of them are wrong". Crime is defined as an act beyond good reasoning. It can also be defined as an offense for which there is severe punishment by law.
   A common relationship between Morality and Crime is the involvement of man. A man of morals is known to be disciplined and a man of crime is called criminal. A philosopher, Protagoras said "Man is the measure of all things" Do we agree? Yes, i do, i am of the opinion that man was created to create a balance. I am of the belief that Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have covered but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
                                               Factors Contributing To Morality and Crime
   Immanuel Kant said morality is not the doctrine of how we make ourselves happy but of how we make ourselves worthy of happiness. In Nigeria, there are some factors/forces that have not made us worthy of happiness and they are;
1)  Education - Education is the systematic training of character and mental powers of both young and old to positively affect the growth and development of a nation. Since Education makes man become aware of things around him, he is able to understand things in his environment and not becoming ignorant of his environment, Socrates said " There is only one good 'knowledge' and one evil 'Ignorance' " and education is vital to achieve the development of moral standards and eradication of evil in our individuals and the society.

2)  Employment - An idle hand is the devil's workshop. The unemployment rate in Nigeria is too high and also we find out that more than half of the populace in Nigeria lives below the poverty line and why is this? No Job and most lack creativity which is also the default of our education system and it needs urgent attention. Unemployment rate in the country is a source of distraction/discouragement to poor students who wants to learn and succeed. Unemployment is caused by either lack of aiming goals creatively or lack of capital.
    However, the unwillingness of students to learn while on campus is a process of unemployment, how? when students fails to attend classes, yet,  we call ourselves the future, how will the future materialize when a key ingredient (knowledge) is lacking. The administrators causes unemployment when jobs aren't created. It is the duty of the government to create jobs and to reveal my thoughts, the ability of the government to innovate ideas & use them in job creation rests on the professional community and the degree of efficiency and effectiveness in the professional community is an offspring of the system of Education.
   In conclusion, the higher the unemployment rate, the higher the vulnerability of individuals towards criminal acts and we can say that unemployment promotes criminal acts. There are limited resources to satisfy human wants but the body will want to satisfy such wants whether legally or illegally and it takes grace of God to be able to withstand such temptations.

3)   Comfort Of Citizens - Comfort of citizens differs depending on the environment but generally are human needs(Needs: Things that humans can't live without, they are Food, Clothing, Shelter & things that will ease man's daily activities) and social amenities, then the government should innovate programs that will be able to satisfy them, to save cost and reduce importation will be to invest in human capital. As Economic explained that human wants are numerous but the resources to satisfy them are limited which introduced Economics. In a country like Nigeria with hundreds of ethnic groups, it takes Grace & wisdom from God to make citizens of such nations convenient. A strategic/blessed administrator will use his knowledge & experience to mentor the state into one which is in no lack but this cannot be done alone, i will use the saying of a philosopher to message our administrators in all the states and nations of the world, St. Augustine said "we are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone".
4)   Other forces affecting crime and morality are:- leadership by example, Transparency of administration and Corruption-free society. How to find the will of God? to individuals, societies & administrators (a) Luke 22:42, John 5:30b, John 6:38 (b) Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 3:6, Psalm 143:10 (c) Psalm 40:8, Matthew 6:10b, John 4:34 (d) Hosea 6:3a, John 7:17, Romans 12:1-2.

                                                          What to do?
   An individual, society and administrators must work together to create an education system that will touch the lives of every citizen of Nigeria as it will increase the development of humanity which is also the development of the environment. Jeremy Bentham said "the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals & legislation". These things are;
1)   The right to read and write
2)   The right to question and analyze
3)   The right to imagine and create
4)   The right to have access to educational resources
5)   The right to develop individual and collective skills
   These rights are useless without the provision of certain resources to disseminate such rights through the nooks and crannies of Nigeria. If these rights are effectively & efficiently handled, then everyone should welcome in a new Nigeria.
   In conclusion, to reduce the society of criminal acts and increase moral standards, learning is the key word. There can be no human development without the right to learn, there will be no breakthroughs in agriculture and industry, no progress in community health and indeed, no change in learning conditions without the right to learn. Without education, there will be no improvement in the standard of living for workers in our cities and villages. In short, the right to be educated is one of the best contributions we can make to solving the crucial problems of humanity, both now and forever.
       God Bless And Help Nigeria, Amen.