Who can be considered a moral person?

Writers often use the concept of morality as a synonym for moral principles and ethical standards. The narrow meaning of the term means internal guidelines of the individual, according to which the individual acts based on conscience and free will. Morality is analogous to law, but it is not regulated by government codes. These are external requirements imposed on a person, his behavior, and attitude towards people.

Personal moral progress is a process of changing spiritual values, during which a person acquires independence, freedom, and harmony with himself. The key regulator is responsibility and a sense of duty. To achieve progress, an individual needs to master the cultural foundations, study and accept the norms existing in society.

Moral improvement is a change in a person’s inner world, his views on life under the influence of a number of events and phenomena. It is based on conclusions made by a person after a certain event.

Improving people's morality - examples

Moral development can be most fully examined in Tolstoy’s work “War and Peace.” Every thought of Pierre, Natasha and Andrey after tragic or unforeseen events changes the worldview of the heroes. There is a constant internal struggle going on within the characters. Love competes with vanity, loyalty with betrayal, meanness with sincerity. In the first chapters, the hero is presented as an irresponsible reveler, but by the end of the novel he turns into the father of a family, a public figure.

How Pierre goes through the process of developing moral guidelines:

The hero is fascinated by the French Revolution, Bonaparte is his idol. After participating in battles, he becomes disillusioned with the commander, literally hates him, wants to kill him;
Blinded by Helen's beauty, a man marries her, not noticing the emptiness of the inner world, baseness, and lack of morality. His wife's betrayal reveals her true nature;
In search of himself, Pierre joins the Freemasons; meeting them makes him happy for a short period of time. The character learns about betrayal among the members of the Masonic lodge and becomes disillusioned with them;
In captivity, the hero gets acquainted with the other side of life. He is concerned about the topic of freedom, he thinks about what is really important in life;
Plato radically changes the character's views on the world around him. Karataev plays an important role in the formation of Pierre's moral principles. He no longer cares about fame, he sees joy in simple things;
Natasha becomes Bezukhov's wife, he finds true happiness, realizing that for him peace of mind is family and home.

Prince Andrei Bolkonsky is the second example of moral improvement. For the hero, at first, fame was more important than family, friends and moral values. He does not know how to love his homeland, but goes to war because of his vanity. After being wounded, the character completely rethinks his views on life. He understands the importance of family. Next time the prince will go to war at the call of his heart, and not for the sake of recognition.

Behavior

Behavior becomes moral when an individual ties it to the existing system of moral values and tries to bring his actions to positive guidelines.

The key element of moral behavior is action .

An act, in turn, consists of an action and can receive a positive or negative assessment from members of society.

Abstaining from any action at a time when morality requires a person to be active can also be regarded as an act.

Moral behavior is difficult to evaluate objectively, but others always pass other people’s actions through “filter factors” :

motives (if a noble motive led a person to an unsightly result, the degree of indignation of society will decrease),
the result of an action
objective reality (the circumstances in which the act was committed),
means of achieving the task (a person can use “forbidden techniques” on the way to a good goal, which will seriously darken his moral character).

Moral behavior is always an attempt to find a balance between the restrictions established by society (framework) and one's own freedom (creative choice).

Epithets for the word “landmarks”

Moral, moral, spiritual, vital, reliable, clear, noticeable, correct, chosen, imposed, unique, original, recognized, accurate, basic, familiar, significant, faithful, main, important, united, best, definite, primary, last, new, different, historical, approximate, uncertain, suitable, necessary, convenient, regular, natural, internal, external, disappeared, distant, long-awaited, cherished, concrete, unknown, low, high, unclear, basic, foggy, ghostly, capital, world, national.

Ways to develop moral qualities

Let's move from theory to practice and consider ways that can help modern man become more moral and conscious.

Reading classic literature

When communicating, it is almost always noticeable when a person reads a lot of classics - he has a rich vocabulary, he can express his thoughts concisely and competently.

In addition, works from the school curriculum, which at one time were read “for show,” can bring a completely different effect upon reaching a certain age.

Books and trainings

Books

It would seem that in the modern abundance of literature and information on various topics one can find everything one needs. In fact, it is not so easy to find something worthwhile among low-grade novels, creations of self-proclaimed psychologists, astrologers and psychics.

If you go to the library and make a request for books on the development of moral qualities, then, most likely, the reader will receive several copies that are twenty or thirty years old. This kind of literature was used by teachers at a time when there was no widespread access to the Internet.

Among the abundance of information, you can still find truly valuable samples that allow you not only to replenish your knowledge base, but also to understand yourself and understand the existing problems.

Trainings

The same can be said about various trainings. Most of them are aimed at the average consumer, so classes are conducted on the topic of how to keep your husband, earn a million or achieve success in life.

However, among such events it is also possible to find lessons from experienced specialists. They don’t teach you how to make money or go above your colleagues to gain a new rung on the career ladder—such specialists will help fill the gaps in moral education.

A truly experienced specialist can help the listener significantly simplify his life, thanks to the opportunity to develop moral qualities.

Psychologists and "gurus"

Guru

Let’s immediately clarify the concept of “guru” - in this context, it is a representative of any religion who can understand the situation and give useful advice.

There is a lot of information in the Bible, the Koran, and books of other religions that allows a person to become more moral and conscious.

If you skip the data about specific deities and rituals, and treat these books as a collection of valuable information, you can reap significant benefits for yourself.

Psychologists

Modern psychologists work with different tools that allow them to solve a particular problem. Basically, today people come to specialists with a desire to understand themselves, improve relationships in the family, or with questions in the field of raising children.

It’s not often that people want to fill in the gaps in moral education, so there are few specialists who can really help with this.

In this case, it is not so important in which direction of psychology the specialist works - the main thing is that he is a person who is endowed with moral qualities and can help another person in this matter.

Opportunity to help selflessly

Among the moral qualities, it is worth highlighting the ability to love and understand other people, the ability to sympathize and provide sincere support. To develop these qualities in yourself, you need to make a habit of providing someone with all possible help.

What could it be?

Organizing a charity cleanup of the area or participating in an already planned event. Such experience will help not only develop the above qualities, but will also help you become closer to nature, develop the ability to work in a team and work together towards a common result.

Help an orphanage or boarding school. It is not so easy to communicate with such children, but often only such an experience can provide an opportunity to look at your life from the outside. Thus, a person not only does a good deed, but is also clearly aware of the situation other people are in. He feels compassion, sympathy - these qualities also relate to moral ones.

Help an animal shelter or zoo. One of the moral qualities is also love for nature and understanding of its laws. When helping our smaller brothers, a person develops responsibility for the weaker and helpless, and learns to give freely.

Help for low-income families, pensioners, people without a fixed place of residence. In this case, a person experiences different feelings, and also develops moral qualities - the ability to selflessly help and empathize, to empathize with other people.

How to develop moral qualities?

If the reader is one of those people who are prone to introspection and have the ability to objectively evaluate themselves, then sooner or later such a question will arise before him. Not every one of us is endowed with all the moral qualities of a developed, intelligent person in the generally accepted sense.

In addition, the realities of modern society often dull the sense of conscience, compassion or respect for other people. A person who is usually kind to others and also understanding of other people's shortcomings may show a different side of himself in some situation. This depends on the individual characteristics of each person, his ability to develop certain skills through willpower, control himself and observe principles.

Morality in modern society

Many people believe that the morality and ethics of modern society have now fallen greatly. Ahead of the rest of the planet are material values that turn people into a herd. In fact, you can achieve a high financial position without losing morality; the main thing is the ability to think broadly and not be limited by stereotypes. Much depends on upbringing.

Modern children practically do not know the word “no”. Getting everything you want from a very early age, a person forgets about independence and loses respect for elders, and this is a decline in morality. In order to try to change something in the world, you need to start with yourself, and only then will there be hope for the revival of morality. By following good rules and teaching them to their children, a person can gradually change the world beyond recognition.

Education of morality

This is a necessary process in modern society. Knowing how morality is formed, we can fully hope for a happy future for our children and grandchildren. The influence on the human personality of people who are considered authorities for him, form in him unique qualities that have the greatest influence on his future fate. It is worth remembering that education is only the initial stage of personality development; in the future, a person is able to make decisions independently.

How is morality different from ethics?

Many people argue that morality and morality are synonymous, but this is a fallacy. Morality is considered to be a system established by society that regulates the relationships between people. Morality means following your own principles, which may differ from the attitudes of society. In other words, moral qualities are given to a person by society, and moral qualities are established by character and personal psychology.

Morality	Moral
A specific sphere of culture in which high ideals and strict norms that regulate human behavior and consciousness in various areas of public life are concentrated and generalized	Principles of real practical behavior of people, in which the severity of highly moral norms is significantly softened, that is, this concept is given a more “everyday”, “down-to-earth” meaning
What should be, what should a person strive for (the world of what should be)	Actually practiced norms that a person encounters in everyday social life (the world of existence)

Relativism, what is it?

Moral relativism is a position whose proponents deny the possibility of the existence of absolute evil or good.

According to moral relativism, morality is not tied to universal standards.

Ethical behavior is only a variable value that changes as a result of changing scenery (culture, participants in the action, nuances of the situation, etc.).

Relativism can be viewed in two ways:

the concepts of “good” and “evil” are conditional in themselves,
public morality is conditional relative to unconditional standards of good and evil.