Looking at the two top countries - Finland and South Korea - the report says that there are many big differences, but the common factor is a shared social belief in the importance ofeducation and its "underlying moral purpose".
Leaders use the cooperative nature of Japanese society to their own advantage, says Yoshio Oshitani, a specialist in moral instruction at Japan's Ministry ofEducation.
From climate to infrastructure to public safety to consumption habits to education, we gain clarity when we can view our challenges through a lens ofmoral philosophy.
Through these twelve steps, AA achieves the moraleducation and esteem building necessary for a productive norm-abiding life in a community of mutual trust and respect.
Appearing before the same committee, which has been set up to scrutinise the plans, Education Secretary Michael Gove was asked about the implications of legalising gay marriage for the teaching of sex and religious education in schools and was asked what protections there were for teachers who had moral and religious objections to same-sex marriage.