You can never teach people to be good. You can only inspire them to be one

i have always believed  that goodness is something that you can never teach others. you cannot simply tell someone to do something just because you think that an act is good. i myself for one thing wouldn't do an act just because someone tells me that it's okay.
but isn't that absurd? What's the sense of having ethics then if goodness- if morality is something you cannot teach? then what's the point of letting your heart out in presenting the ideas and ethical principles written in manuscripts if it can never be an assurance that people as they get out from the rooms become moral and better individuals? then why teach Ethics? why study Ethics?
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you can never teach someone to be good... you can only inspire someone to be one. Everyone has a choice. And  being good is a daily decision... a decision that one must do for himself in consideration of others... You cannot simply point a finger. you can only hope that others would see the goodness in what you are doing.
Inspiring itself entails dedication and hardwork... a constant struggle to be good. you yourself should be an epitome of what you preach. you don't just talk but you live by what you say.
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Ethics as a discipline is the best venue for you to assess your daily decisions. have you been good? have you done what is righteous? have you given your humanity justice? Ethics helps us justify the righteousness of our acts. it helps us understand why an act is considered good and why we are ought to do this. Ethics helps us become more human.
Including this in the curriculum only says that we should not only develop or improve our intellectual capacities. This brings us back into the consciousness that we are humans -  beings given not only the capacity to reason out but also to feel.  it is a reminder that in whatever condition or circumstances, these faculties (the mind and the heart) should work hand in hand.