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However, it seems to me that personal values (beliefs about what beliefs are good and fair) have a complex relationship with the laws we encourage to be developed

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True.

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Laws are sometimes passed so that our conscious is no longer bothered by our beliefs that the average tax payer is not giving enough to a neighbor in deep trouble.

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I think laws are passed that bypass people in need. These are the people of which I was speaking. I think these people can be helped in many ways on top of social systems. This is a good place to start teaching the illiterate. In my opinion, help should be given to these children at very early ages (even before the age they can enroll in Head Start), right after they are born if possible. This is the time to read to them and give them the sensory input needed as a base for future reading skills. I know this will not happen in my lifetime, but I think this is a must to the goal of eradicating illiteracy.