ETHICS PART 6: MORAL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Refers to the presence or absence of virtues like integrity, courage, honesty, and loyalty.

• Moral Reputation

• Moral Personality

• Moral Behavior

• Moral Character

Aristotle believed moral character is developed through practicing virtuous behavior.

• Virtue Ethics

• Dispositions

• Moral Character

• Development

Properties or characteristics that objects possess.

• Virtue Ethics

• Dispositions

• Moral Character

• Development

They are stable, fixed, and reliable dispositions of action and affect that should be rationally informed. Dispositions for which we hold people morally responsible.

• Virtue Ethics

• Dispositions

• Moral Character Traits

• Development

Character influences actions, and actions shape character in a continuous loop.

• The Circular Relation of Acts and Character

• Dispositions

• Moral Character Traits

• Development

The Circular Relation of Acts and Character

• Role modeling

• Reinforcement of ethical behavior

• Acts are determined solely by external factors.
• Reflection on moral dilemmas

Based on avoiding punishment and seeking personal gain.

• Pre-Conventional Level

• Conventional Level

• Post-Conventional Level

Focused on social approval and upholding societal order.

• Pre-Conventional Level

• Conventional Level

• Post-Conventional Level

Guided by abstract principles of justice and equality, recognizing individual rights and social contracts.

• Pre-Conventional Level

• Conventional Level

• Post-Conventional Level

Stages of Moral Development are discovered by

• Lawrence Kohlberg
• Jean Piaget
• Sigmund Freud
• Erik Erikson