MORAL BEHAVIOR

MORAL BEHAVIOR

action or actions that produce good outcomes for the individuals as members of a community, or society. It can be applied to the whole global society.

Schulman defines moral behavior as “acts intended to produce kind and/or fair outcomes.”

The Agencies of Socialization Affecting our Morality

Family – the basic unit in a society. It includes one’s biological or adoptive family of orientation. The same provides us with our basic needs to survive and develop as a significant member of the society.

School – it may include formal or non-formal educational system that provides a child with his learning needs.

Church – the institution that determines what is specifically considered as right or wrong. It is composed of believers in the same faith.

Mass media – those agencies that are purposive of entertaining, informing and educating through various channels like the radio, television, printed materials etc.

Approaches in the Development of Moral

Behavior Psychoanalytic Approach

Expresses the idea that when the superego dominates the individual, he or she is good because he or she has a conscience that tells him or her to be good.

Learning-theory Approach

Says that we have been trained and disciplined by our upbringing and by the examples of our parents into behaving the way we should.

Social-group Approach

Claims that we behave the way we do because people expect us to behave that way

Asserts that to behave morally implies intelligentadaptations to our environment. It emphasizes the importance of intelligence in moral control. The more intelligent a person is, the stronger he or she is morally.

Cognitive-developmental Approach