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Subject: Moral Identify Author: Timothy R. Pruitt, Jr. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:49:33 02/17/08 Sun As I read through Chapter 8, I found the section on moral identity particularly interesting. Shandrock suggests that “individuals have moral identity when moral notion and commitments are central to one’s life.” Augusto Blasi suggested that moral identity was influenced by will power, integrity, and moral desire. Blasi concluded that willpower and integrity were neutral unless they are attached to moral desire. Under this premise I wonder what makes a moral commitment central to our students’ life. Last week I discovered that a student has been routinely erasing another student’s name and placing his on her work. When I asked him about his actions, he said that since his writing looked like the other student’s, he figured he would try to make an easy grade. Clearly, this student lacked the will power, moral desire, and integrity that would keep him from performing this dishonest act. I wonder how to show my students (and this student in particular) the importance of developing a moral identity. We live in a world where professional athletes use steroids, corporate executives rob employees of their 401Ks, and public officials steal and misuse government assets. I wonder if our students’ moral identity parallels that of the adults in the media and in their close proximity. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]