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If parents choose a school with near zero discipline, as they would be wont to do if they were irrationally fearful that baby boo boo might have to follow some rules (see: the "me" yuppie generations) then we as a society will pay for that decision.  Or didn't I make the connection between childhood lack of discipline and ultimate slothful and criminal behavior clear enough?

It's not just montessori schooling, it's any environment that fosters lack of respect and boundaries for others, as well as fostering an irresponsible idea in the child's mind that he will "make it" be "loved and accepted" no matter what he chooses to do or not do.  That is not, nor ever will be the real world this child will eventually be expected to function in. 

Bear in mind love is also important.  An equal and fair amount of love and discipline, not arbitrary either but with timing that fosters a gravitation towards learning, those are the ingredients of a well-rounded and healthy contributing adult.

Society has structure for a reason.  Anarchy dissolves us to our lowest animal form wherein self becomes paramount and "other-than-self" becomes a commodity to use or discard at one's whims.  Sociopaths and narcissists are made in this way.  We teach morality by providing clear and tangible boundaries wherein a child can envision that what ill he does to another via actions or inactions will ultimately come back to hurt him.  Altruism comes from the heart and eventually the child can walk the bridge between learned respect and actual felt respect for others.

Teach a child that and the three Rs will follow as a matter of course.