Of course there are. It is right to be considerate and respectful of others, to be charitable and generous. It is right to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick, comfort the grieving. Above all, it is right and necessary to teach students from kindergarten through post doctoral studies that right and wrong do exist and that discerning which is which goes way beyond a feel-good inquiry. I speak from thirty-four years of teaching experience.
Teachers generally are very, very uncomfortable teaching any kind of values or morality.
As a result, we frequently retreat from answering moral questions and even more emphatically retreat from asking them. Out of fear of imposing our own values on other people, we frequently fail to confront the misbehaving student, the bully, or the cheater. There are only two outcomes from this kind of behavior, cynicism or moral ossification. I have seen both all too often. American educators must stop ignoring the need to teach and model moral education.