Moral Identity -- EDPR 7/8112 Adolescence Sec. 001 0500-0800 R

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Date Posted: 19:23:32 03/16/07 Fri
Author: Tish Colvin
Subject: Moral Identity

I read a quote in this week's Memphis Flyer promoting the upcoming performance of To Kill a Mockingbird: "Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." - Atticus Finch. I thought this line was very relevant to our Moral Development discussion. It seems to most closely relate to the idea of moral identity. As mentioned in Santrock (2007) people have a moral identity when moral commitments are really a central part of their lives. If they violate the moral standard they've set for themselves their sense of self-integrity is at risk. From Atticus' quote it sounds like he has indeed set a bar for himself and cannot go against what he's established. To do so would negatively impact his self image.

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[> Re: Moral Identity -- Rachel Landau, 17:57:40 03/21/07 Wed

Tish makes a very good point. As we discussed in class, an individual's morals are influenced by a variety of people in different settings. Children often act based on the morals of those influential people, however, as they grow up they begin to internalize those values and make their own judgements. I think that having your own morals and values is an important part of bridging the gap between that childhood security and adult atonomy in the identity stage (vs role confusion) described by Erikson.

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