<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present paper focuses on the interconnection and the impact of broader social events responsible for shaping the character of the young in the context of developments in both post-communist countries and the European Union as a whole. The attention of the paper is devoted to the changing perceptions of liberty in relation to a high standard of living in European countries and the need to promote moral education comprehensively, with regard to having a balanced impact on the development of moral knowing and moral feeling. Further, the paper offers an analysis of dimensions that determine moral actions and character accents, considered to be essential to convey in order to encourage the moral development of pupils. Finally, the paper ends with a presentation of the conditions that should help the ethical development of active goodness in the young generation.</p></abstract>

The present paper focuses on the interconnection and the impact of broader social events responsible for shaping the character of the young in the context of developments in both post-communist countries and the European Union as a whole. The attention of the paper is devoted to the changing perceptions of liberty in relation to a high standard of living in European countries and the need to promote moral education comprehensively, with regard to having a balanced impact on the development of moral knowing and moral feeling. Further, the paper offers an analysis of dimensions that determine moral actions and character accents, considered to be essential to convey in order to encourage the moral development of pupils. Finally, the paper ends with a presentation of the conditions that should help the ethical development of active goodness in the young generation.

Education for active goodness

Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Ethics & Bioethics

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The present paper focuses on the interconnection and the impact of broader social events responsible for shaping the character of the young in the context of...

Education for active goodness

Published Online: Jun 24, 2016

Page range: 33 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0006

Keywords
freedom, moral complexity, moral education, individual and social ethics, meta-ethics, active goodness

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Education for active goodness

Published Online: Jun 24, 2016

Page range: 33 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0006

Keywordsfreedom, moral complexity, moral education, individual and social ethics, meta-ethics, active goodness

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
freedom, moral complexity, moral education, individual and social ethics, meta-ethics, active goodness