Abstract
This paper reexamines the ethical challenges of education in the age of AI and the metaverse from a civilizational perspective. It proposes a theoretical framework for reconstructing education as a “system for the regeneration of will,” grounded in the three principles of will, ownership, and justice. In contemporary society, technology increasingly substitutes for human judgment, leading to a progressive loss of autonomous will. In particular, transactions lacking genuine human intent—as typified by unauthorized access incidents—and the spread of AI-based automated decision-making have undermined the very structure of human responsibility. This situation is not merely a technical issue but a crisis that shakes the ethical foundations of modern civilization. Accordingly, this study asks how education should respond to this civilizational pathology of “the absence of will.” In conclusion, it argues that metaverse-based education must be redesigned not merely as a virtual environment but as an ethical and institutional space for restoring human free will.
https://ror.org/049fvjs25 
