Ethics and Morality

Adolescent Lenses

• Self-interest
• Self-protection

Abandonement

New system of Ethics

• Pragmatic revisions
• Limited to issues about safety and fufillment
• Loyalty
• Traditional ethics can be disgarded

Modeling ethics

Moral Categories

Moral Categories

• Kohlberg/Stonehouse
• Piaget
• Survivalist mentality undermines stages

Lying

• "Everybody lies, and everybody knows everybody lies..." -
• Relativism
• Protective instincts
• Private lives/public knowledge

Cheating

• Increases during mid/late adolescence
• Self-policed
• "Unfairness" reason for cheating
• Commonplace idea
• "All types of students cheat"

Conclusions and

-​We can try different slogans and advertisements, but nothing is going to change until we are willing to present the young with societal ethics, values, and moral choices that are tied to the actual behavior of those who are suppose to lead the young into maturity.

-Adults who care for the young can make a big long term difference in the lives of students when they get involved and engage their ethical and moral belief systems and behaviors.

-The best chance of influencing moral development in a positive way is if adults commit to train the young to care for others instead of just themselves and reinforce this view with commitment to integrity and honesty.​