A Philosophical Reflection of SDG 4 and Our Education Policy: Justified Self-Interest vs. Common Interest

Abstract

No creed has called for education for peace. Instead of revealing the world of injustices, such an assertion emerged since the 1970s by Paulo Freire, Frantz Fanon from French, Syed Hussein Alatas from Malaysia, Vine Deloria from the American Indians. Later, Gayatri Spivak, Walter Mignolo, Eve Tuck, and Yung have pointed out the system's problem. This chapter demonstrates an unorthodox, non-linear discussion with UNESCO's (in effect, the SDG 4) educational program references. The inspiration came from different masterpieces—Spivak's Righting Wrong, Vine Deloria's Indigenous Metaphysics, Frantz Fanon's Black Skin White Mask, Darryl Macer's Bioethics for Love. In terms of gnoseology, the authors followed Sadia Gaon's phrase—a polymath said in 872 AD: ‘observe the unobserved' in the new normalcy—a part of practical philosophy—and the analytical or conceptual domain. This chapter contains three parts: first the motivation, then the analytical framework, and finally, established argument. The authors conclude that the education system shapes mental faults that shape our activation.