ABSTRACT
Assuming the above, the aim of education in the United States becomes the development of democratic character. The meaning of education should not depend on the vagaries of national interests. I argue elsewhere that the best symbiosis so far envisioned for individual humans and the human condition is a democratic one of individual liberty and cultural responsibility (Goodlad, 1997). The future of humankind depends on worldwide education. The underlying premise of what follows is the definition of this education as the development of democratic character.3 As such, it becomes an inalienable human right, a right that must not be debased by making education instrumental to some lesser end of politics or commerce.
