For parents
Who's behind your child's reading.
Your child is participating in the Good Society Readings — four short classic texts about how to live and think well. It's made by the School of Ethos.
What Ethos develops
Discernment.
Knowing what's actually worth doing, and what isn't.
Discipline.
Acting on it, and staying with it when it gets hard.
As machines do more of the work, the scarce thing isn't technical skill — it's the judgment to know what's worth building, and the will to see it through. We don't teach your child to keep up with the machines. We help them grow the human capacities the machines don't have.
Development, not a head start.
Most programmes for teenagers promise an edge — a skill, a credential, a line for the application. Those have their place. Ethos is after something quieter, and we think more durable: helping a young person get clearer about who they are and what they're for.
The work shows up as a body of real thinking your child makes themselves. Not a certificate. Something they've actually built, and can stand behind.
Who runs it
Navin Muruga
Founder of Ethos. He led Acumen Academy's work across Southeast Asia, has run leadership programmes for hundreds of senior professionals, and trained in adaptive leadership at Harvard. His career has circled one question: how people grow into the fuller version of themselves. Ethos is that work, turned toward teenagers.
What your child is doing now — and what comes next.
What your child is doing now
Good Society Readings
Four short classic texts on how to live and think well. Your child reads each, reflects privately, and — if they choose — writes a personal piece at the end. It's free, and it stands on its own.
For later, if it fits
The Fellowship
A year-long, fully online programme for teenagers across Southeast Asia, beginning September 2027. There's nothing to decide today — this is for later, and only if it's right for your child.
If you'd like to look closer.
The thinking behind all of this is set out in one essay. You're welcome to read it — or to learn more about the Fellowship when the time feels right.
There's nothing you need to do. Your child's access to Good Society Readings doesn't depend on any of this — it's simply here if you're curious.