moral moral values

You find the answers to the class test you are having on Friday. Do you: return the answers to the teacher without looking at them, or study the answers to get a good score on the test?

All your friends think it’s funny to call a classmate by a horrible name that the child hates. Do you: tell your friends that you feel it is mean to use put-downs and it is against your school’s values?

You are playing a game with your friend and another child. You see your friend cheat so that they can beat the other child. Do you: tell your friend that they are not playing fairly, or say nothing?

Your parent does not allow you to eat chocolate before dinner. Your friend gives you a chocolate bar after school. Do you: eat it secretly before dinner so your parent doesn’t know or show it to your parent and ask if it is okay if you can eat it later?

God desires all of us to live...

Lies contradict God Himself because...

What is true reflects what is...

The 8th Commandment is all about...

The student sees the world in polar terms of we-right-good vs. other-wrong-bad. Right Answers for everything exist in the Absolute, known to Authority whose role is to mediate (teach) them. Knowledge and goodness are perceived as quantitative accretions of discrete rightnesses to be collected by hard work and obedience (paradigm: a spelling test). What position does this describe?

The student perceives diversity of opinion, and uncertainty, and accounts for them as unwarranted confusion in poorly qualified Authorities or as mere exercises set by Authority “so we can learn to find The Answer for ourselves”.