HOW IS MORAL CHARACTER DEVELOPED?

WHAT IS MORAL CHARACTER?

MORAL CHARACTER
-REFERS TO THE “EXISTENCE VIRTUES SUCH INTEGRITY, COURAGE, FORTITUDE, HONEST, AND LOYALTY.
MORAL CHARACTER AS DISPOSITION
- ARE THOSE DISPOSITION OR THE TENDECY TO
ACT OR THINK IN A PARTICULAR WAY FOR WHICH IS
THE PERSON CAN BE HELD MORALLY RESPOSIBLE.
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW POINTS OF EASTERN AND WESTERN THINKERS ON MORAL CHARACTER

1. CONFUCIAN VIEWS (EASTERN)

2. ARISTOTLE (WESTERN)
1. CONFUCIAN VIEW

THE FOUR BEGINNINGS IN CONFUCIAN TRADITIONS:

A. THE HEART OF COMPASION, WHICH LEADS TO JEN.
B. THE HEART OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH LEADS TO YI.
C. THE HEART OF PROPRIETY, WHICH LEADS TO LI.
D. THE HEART OF WISDOM, WHICH LEADS TO ZHI.
2. ARISTOTLE AND VIRTUE ETHICS

A. VIRTUE ETHICS IS AN APPROACH THAT REDUCES THE EMPHASIS ON RULES,

CONSEQUENCE, AND PARTICULAR ACTS.
•QUALITY OF THE PERSON.
•MORAL CHARACTER, PARTICULALY VIRTUE.