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Does University Make You Less Moral? Shocking Data on Education & Ethics

A Formação ética, moral e em valores na pesquisa em educação

Matheus Estevão Ferreira da Silva, Raul Aragão Martins, Angela Maria Brasil Biaggio

We’ve been told that more education makes us better people. But what if the data says the exact opposite? In this video, we dive into the Brazilian academic book *A Formação ética, moral e em valores na pesquisa em educação*, edited by Matheus Estevão Ferreira da Silva and Raul Aragão Martins. It’s a tribute to psychologist Angela Maria Brasil Biaggio, but it’s also a brutal wake-up call: modern schooling might be systematically destroying our moral compass. We’ll reveal how university students—especially future teachers—show stagnant or even declining moral reasoning over four years, and how blind obedience to rules, from classrooms to concentration camps, breeds the ‘banality of evil.’ We’ll explore why conflict is essential for growth, why ‘good’ kids who never question authority are actually dangerous, and how democratic schools that abandon rigid schedules produce more ethical humans. If you’ve ever felt that the system is broken, this video will show you exactly how—and what we can do about it.