The Acquisition of Morality

The situation of neutral human morality is very simple, but there are two other aspects about this topic. Humans are born to be good, we are born to be evil, and have to be better taught through religious or spiritual influences. The feeling that people are guilty and needing to "save" is a common view shared by Christianity and other major religions. There are several parts of the Bible that can be used to see this claim, especially when we look to the work of the Bible.

Moral acquisition is also very suitable for Dreyfuss' model. As a beginner to learn ethics, we first use the maxims and principles our mentors have given us to identify and explain the ethical aspects related to the situation. As we progress, we spend less and less time consciously using maxims to pick related ethical details and find ways to respond; we just recognize the moral aspect of the situation Therefore, it is not thought well. Use a moral point of view (unless the situation is unusually confusing or ambiguous). Acquisition of our expert knowledge shows transition from separation to participation; moral recognition is emotional, part of the moral position not only looks at the situation in the framework of moral concept but also morals It is to feel appropriate moral feelings corresponding to categories. Most of us learn morality under the guidance of our parents in this way.

According to the principle of psychoanalysis theory, morality is part of a personal conscience or superego. Supernatural information explains the acquisition of morality, it is due to the identity of the Oedipus complex and the homosexual parents. Society ensures its survival by imposing cultural standards expressed by parents behavior, attitudes, desires, personality. The exact evidence is not clear, but Freud's theoretical research urged much research on the influence of parents' behavior on the moral development of children. The main research topics focus on moral quality, consistency of ethical behavior in different contexts, and the role of parents' discipline in the formation of ethical behavior.

One of the most important theories of moral development is the social learning theory of moral development of Bandura. According to social learning, the ethical standard of adults of children is a gradual process that imitates the observable values ​​and behaviors of others. In this theory, moral development is learned through modeling (Bandura, 1969). Bandura believes that direct reinforcement does not explain all learning, "internal enhancement, internal satisfaction, a feeling of accomplishment as internal compensation" (Wagner). Modeling teaches new behavior, influences the frequency of previous learning behavior, promotes previously banned behavior, and increases the frequency of similar behaviors (Bandura, 1969). In order for modeling to work correctly, attention to observable behavior, maintaining knowledge of behavior, reproducing it, and having essentially positive motivation must be done.