Twenty-two percent of adults feel angry every day. And 37% experience a lot of stress. That is according to a pollThe YouGov survey asked 1,107 British teachers about racism and the curriculum.  of people around the world by the company Gallup.

Some say it is not really surprising. In recent years we have faced the Covid-19 pandemicAn outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region., climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change. and rising food prices. More and more people live in cities, where few people know their neighbours.

Explaining all the anger is one thing, but solving it is trickier. Some think the only answer is a good educationMalala has been given the European Union's human rights award and was nominated for (and was jointly awarded) the Nobel Peace Prize last year..

The idea of teaching people good moralConcerned with what is right and wrong. behaviour is an old one. Ancient Greek philosopherA thinker who comes up with ideas about big questions in life. AristotleA student of Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great and the father of political philosophy. believed morality must be taught to students. He also thought that people needed to develop morality as a habitSomething you do without thinking and would find it hard to give up. .

Much more recently, the writer Iris MurdochAn Irish-British novelist and photographer (1919 - 1999), best known for writings on morality and good and evil. said that the key to a good society is teaching people to see others as people who are just as important as themselves.

Humans have a habit of treating other people as furniture in a universeEverything. Including all of time and space and its contents. centred around ourselves, she said. A truly moral approach recognises them as our equals.

Some think by setting up courses in this way of thinking in schools, we can make ourselves better people.

Do we need better moral education?

Yes! People have forgotten how to be kind to each other. The only answer is to go back to basics and teach everyone how to be good.

No! People are not angry and stressed because they did not have morality lessons at school. We need to solve problems like povertyThe state of being very poor. and climate change. Then people will be happier and become less mean.