Education calls for a new philosophy

Let us have a glimpse of what has happened during the last 75 years in the most important branches of human activity. Life expectancy has increased from less than 45 to almost 80 (Encyclopedia Encarta, 1998). Medics are routinely making transplants of heart and other organs, several diseases have been eradicated by methods of genetic engineering (eradication of malaria, which used to cause 3 million deaths yearly, is due in near future). The power and ranges of weapons have increased thousands of times, creating a situation in which another world war is impossible, since the use of means of mass destruction on a global scale will cause the annihilation of the planet Earth.