The emphasis here should be on behavior. What we need to do is restructure the total school experience so rewards would be given for achievements and not for social status. The third and last building block of the moral infrastructure is the community. When people talk about communities and the importance of community, it warms the cockles of my heart. That is a wonderful part of community, but it overlooks a more important aspect of the community that is essential for our purposes.
Communities have traditions, values, and a moral voice.
Once people acquire a conscience, they do not simply follow it. It is tragic but true that our morality tends to degenerate. When the fabric of community is shredded, when people live anonymously on their own, they are much more likely to engage in antisocial behavior than when they are in a viable community. The only way to keep us on the right course is to make us part of a community. I do not mean under the agents of government, but part of a genuine community.