Stephen L. Carter proposes that integrity and honesty, along with other virtues and morals, have been unintentionally taught to our society through religious scriptures, non-academic lessons in public schools and methods of raising children used by parents are part of the "curriculum" of "character education". Despite differences in virtues in areas such as sectionalism, prejudice and racism, “cultivating” or breeding a society with virtues such as honesty and integrity is best understood as “monkey-see-monkey-do” – the “ source of children's cognitive, linguistic, and social growth” (Kessenich, Maureen, et al. "Developmental Theory"). In various religious scriptures there is a list of virtues and morals by which one must live. For example, in Christianity, the Bible includes the “Ten Commandments” which by definition are “the divine rules of conduct given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai” (Merriam-Webster.com). For thousands of years the Ten Commandments were used as a list of morals and virtues teaching each succeeding generation the importance of honesty and integrity among others. They are an example of a religion that teaches the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character. It may be said, “Character education is as old as education itself.” There is some truth in this statement since the character of the teaching extends into prehistory itself. In Western philosophy, early Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle believed that happiness required virtue; therefore a person who wanted to be happy needed “virtuous amounts of character”. Socrates identifies happiness with pleasure and explains “various virtues as instrumental means to pleasure.” Plato on the other hand expands Socrates' theory...... middle of paper...... August 20, 2011."Moral Character (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, January 15, 2003. Web. August 20, 2011. "Moral Education: Information from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki questions and answers combined with free online dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedias. Encyclopedia of Education, by Gale Group, Inc. More information: http://www.answers.com/library/Education+Encyclopedia-letter-1M-first-51#ixzz1VcmyE2YF. Network. August 20, 2011. .“Ten Commandments." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2011. Web. August 19, 2011. "Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 19 February 2003. Web. 20 August. 2011. .