A Commercialization of Education in Buddhist Ethical Perspective

Abstract

This article titled objectives: 1) To study the concept of education business; 2) To study the ethical debates over education business; and 3) To analyze education business in the Buddhist ethical perspective.This research is a documentary research.

           This research has studied the problems of 2 categories of education business i.e. servile arts and liberal arts. The first one aims at developing skills while the latter focuses on developing a full human potential. Two groups of debate were found in this research. The first group believes that both categories of education business are feasible because it is a basic right while the other group disagrees with education business reasoning that it violates the right to equally access education. When the debates of both groups were considered through Buddhist ethical perspective, it can be agreeable of both categories of education business as far as such education businesses do not contradict with the Buddhist ethical principles e.g. Right Livelihood, Threefold Training, wholesome and unwholesome deeds, contemplation of disadvantages and the four great authorities. If education businesses are implemented according to Buddhist ethical principles, the objection of the group that does not agree with the reason of violation of equal right to access education will be resolved.