PRESENTED BY: VHIEN PAULO Q.

NAVARRO, ARC-2206
  When a person is said to have character, it
usually implies they have distinguishing moral
qualities, moral virtues, and moral reasoning
abilities. Less frequently used terms
HOW IS MORAL include morality, virtue, and ethics. A moral
person understands right and wrong and
CHARACTER willfully chooses what is right; a virtuous
person engages in good behavior
DEVELOPED? intentionally, predictably, and habitually; an
ethical person figures out what is right or
good when this is not obvious.
  Morality is a system of beliefs about
what is right and good compared to what
is wrong or bad. Moral
development refers to changes in moral
beliefs as a person grows older and gains
WHAT IS MORAL maturity.
DEVELOPMENT?  is the process through which children
develop proper attitudes and behaviors
toward other people in society, based on
social and cultural norms, rules, and laws.
(Gordon Vessels and William Huitt,
March 2005)
MORAL CHARACTER AS DEFINED

Evaluative orientation that Sense of obligation toward

distinguishes good and bad standards of a social
and prescribes good collective

Sense of responsibility for

Commitment to honesty in
acting out of concern for
interpersonal relationships
others
 COMPONENTS OF MORAL CHARACTER,
ACCORDING TO BERKOWITZ, M. (2002).

Moral behavior Moral Values Moral emotion Moral reasoning

“Metamoral”
Moral
Moral identity characteristics meaning they
personality make morality possible even
though they are not inherently
moral
 1. External / Social (behaviorists and sociologists:
view morality as a product of external imposition in
the form of social rules and norms
2. Internal (nativists and sociobiologists) : focus on
THEORIES OF genetic and maturational influences
3. Interactional
MORAL o Instictual – psychoanalytic, psychosocial, and socio-
CHARACTER analytic theories that view human nature as instinctual,
undeveloped, and in need of control or socialization
DEVELOPMENT o Maturational –cognitive and affective developmental
theories and social-learning theories that view human
nature as good.
4. Personality / Identity: includes theories that find
virtue rooted in personality and personal identity.
  Attempt to impact both individual and
context
1. Individual
▪ Knowledge

IMPACTING ▪ Empathy and values

▪ Intentions, commitments and choices

MORAL ▪ Behavior
2. Context

CHARACTER ▪ Classroom, school, family, community

▪ Caring, compassionate, empathetic
environment
▪ Strong, intimate relationships with others