Educated people form "correct beliefs"? Really? So then we should observe unity among the world's academia in how to solve the economical and social problems facing people today. Is this what we see? Hardly....if anything, it ultimately destroys humility and creates more arrogance and disunity, evident by examining these issues on the political world stage, led by educated men; everyone thinks their way is best!
And a 'well-honed heart'? Jeremiah 17:9 doesn't agree, not thru higher education, anyway. (I didn't know colleges offered a Major in Ethics; maybe in Social Psychology? Uh....nope.)
I disagree with Jeremiah, obviously.
You would be surprised about how much unity there actually is among economic theories about the steps needed to solve economic and social problems. The problem has always been that there are people in power whose self interests are against implementing any of that as actual policy. Also how many study do I need to show that clearly shows that the more educated a country's population is, the better its socio-political-economic and ethical conditions are. In fact your criticism is entirely the wrong-headed. It is precisely because education brings with it so much opportunity for growth and power, that in a system where only a few people have it to a high degree, it is possible for such people to "capture" and keep for themselves the highest rungs of socio-economic-wealth-happiness ladder. Thus one advocates for universal and easy access to good quality higher education for all, so that the full capabilities of everyone can be expressed.
But there is absolute certainty that those problems are never going to be solved by most of what the Bible recommends.
There are of course graduate studies and vigorous graduate research programs in theoretical and applied ethics. But one could simply take a basic education in ethical thinking by attending an introductory course at least.
But ethical education has always been the central goal of ancient philosophy, and it has been emasculated by church and then the state as neither institution has ever wanted people who can question their authority or their holy books with their own well-developed understandings of right and wrong. Critical Education (intellectual and moral) makes one autonomous thinking beings, a power onto oneself, and authority, masquerading as God or the Flag has little interest in allowing such things.
Regarding the Bible, I consider that Eve did the right thing in thinking for herself and eating the fruit from the tree, based on the observable qualities of the tree and the fruit and thus exposing both the god and the snake and tyrannical and deceptive beings respectively and not worthy of either being followed or listened to.That was what the knowledge the Tree provided. That both god and the snake were evil beings and need to be discarded. The rest becomes irrelevant after that analysis, does it not?
