This thesis evaluates tragic characters from three representative tragedies, Macbeth, Antigone, and Death of a Salesman, in terms of Lawrence Kohlberg's six stage theory of moral development. A tragic character's moral judgment is described as being founded on universal values and principles which determine stage placement. The tragic situation is precipitated by conflict experienced by a character between his present stage form of evaluation and the more preferred, differentiated and integrated form of the next higher stage. Since Kohlberg's theory is cognitive-developmental with the moral principle of justice emerging autonomously at the stage six level, its application aids in supporting a view of tragedy based on a moral order having justice as its highest principle and on a continuity independent of historical and cultural influence.

<p>This is minor field study conducted in Gävle, Sweden. The purpose of the field study is to find answers to questions related to morality and spirituality with the main concern of investigating the phenomena in the gymnasium. Aspects of this presentation focus on the role of religion in moral development, on whether spirituality necessarily evokes a sense of morality or if they are entirely separate issues. This presentation also explains briefly what spirituality is, as well as expatiating on certain moral theories propounded by certain scholars and its relevance to the study. Since morality can sometimes be relative to persons in different places, I also did a brief comparative work by looking at the situation in Ghana and Sweden when it comes to morality.</p><p>The phenomenological method was chosen in conducting this research. In line with this I interviewed two students in the gymnasium, I distributed questionnaires to twenty three other students and I interviewed a priest twice to gather some information which was resourceful in organising this study. In Ghana, morality is averagely a matter of social importance and most persons, though not everyone, serve as a check to ensure that what are believed to be right actions are distinguished from wrong actions. Religion forms the core of spirituality for most Ghanaians. With 93.3% of the population claiming to be religious, this issue is not surprising. It is with much interest therefore that I conducted a fieldwork in Sweden to know the varied views in spirituality and morality. There are a lot of similarities to say, in terms of morality and spirituality in Sweden and in Ghana. However, the enormous differences cannot be left out.</p>

This is minor field study conducted in Gävle, Sweden. The purpose of the field study is to find answers to questions related to morality and spirituality with the main concern of investigating the phenomena in the gymnasium. Aspects of this presentation focus on the role of religion in moral development, on whether spirituality necessarily evokes a sense of morality or if they are entirely separate issues. This presentation also explains briefly what spirituality is, as well as expatiating on certain moral theories propounded by certain scholars and its relevance to the study. Since morality can sometimes be relative to persons in different places, I also did a brief comparative work by looking at the situation in Ghana and Sweden when it comes to morality. The phenomenological method was chosen in conducting this research. In line with this I interviewed two students in the gymnasium, I distributed questionnaires to twenty three other students and I interviewed a priest twice to gather some information which was resourceful in organising this study. In Ghana, morality is averagely a matter of social importance and most persons, though not everyone, serve as a check to ensure that what are believed to be right actions are distinguished from wrong actions. Religion forms the core of spirituality for most Ghanaians. With 93.3% of the population claiming to be religious, this issue is not surprising. It is with much interest therefore that I conducted a fieldwork in Sweden to know the varied views in spirituality and morality. There are a lot of similarities to say, in terms of morality and spirituality in Sweden and in Ghana. However, the enormous differences cannot be left out.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:08:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 751890 bytes, checksum: 1c509e025a4e66448d092bac40fb51a4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The question of learning of values in the roll of human behavior has aroused the interest of scholars of many specialities. In the context of education, the search to understand the formation of beliefs and values, the reason for aggressive, unfair, solidary and compassionated attitudes, has been constantly searched by researchers. But, is there really a crisis of values, or are the values in crisis? More than stick to this question, this study aims to understand a little more about the moral formation in its theoretical essence. Therefore, was sought in Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg's cognitive evolutionary perspective about the moral development, to highlight the points on which these have contributed to the advancement of the understanding of moral formation. A critical analysis is made of such perspective when thoughts of Richard Shweder and Jonathan Haidt are evidenced. Besides this extreme criticism of the evolutionary cognitive perspective, shall be also placed the contributions of Michel Foucault about the understanding of moral formation in the school environment, that in a characteristically particular way about the microphysics of Power, shows the micro relations in this same, and that goes through moral attitudes developed in such institutions. In this study about the theme of moral formation, the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters must be analyzed, particularly what this document proposes on morality as Transversal Theme Ethics. The aim of this study is to analyze critically Piaget and Kohlberg's theory of moral development and compare it to other authors with different and divergent perspectives from evolutionary cognitive, through documentary analysis of the National Curriculum Parameters - Transversal Theme Ethics. Starting from this movement of documents analysis of Piaget and Kolhberg s theories observation, some results are shown on the understanding of how useful this can be to moral formation during the educational process in the school environment, as well as can contribute with new possibilities to act, to think and to live; way of life that goes beyond the walls of the school. Understanding the mechanisms of how the morality is being produced and aware of micro power relations existing in school institutions is fundamental to find new ways or even to have greater awareness of the path that everyone, or the great majority of society, is following. This study gives the opportunity to reflect about theories established, with the intent of producing new information networks, that may indicate new paths for the understanding of the process of moral formation. / A questão da aprendizagem de valores no campo dos comportamentos humanos vem despertando o interesse de estudiosos de variadas especialidades. No âmbito da educação a busca por entender a formação de crenças e valores, o porquê de atitudes agressivas, injustas, solidárias, compassivas, tem sido busca constante dos pesquisadores. Mas, será mesmo que há uma crise de valores, ou será que os valores em si estão em crise? Mais que se ater a este questionamento, o presente estudo procura compreender um pouco mais sobre a formação moral em seu cerne teórico. Para tanto, buscou-se, na perspectiva cognitiva evolutiva de Jean Piaget e Lawrence Kohlberg acerca do desenvolvimento moral ressaltar os pontos em que estas contribuíram no avanço do entendimento da formação moral. É feita uma análise crítica de tal perspectiva quando pensamentos de Richard Shweder e Jonathan Haidt são evidenciados. Além dessa crítica extremista à perspectiva cognitiva evolutiva, ainda serão colocadas, as contribuições de Michel Foucault acerca do entendimento da formação moral no ambiente escolar, que de maneira caracteristicamente particular acerca da microfísica do poder, evidencia as microrrelações existentes nas mesmas, e que ultrapassam atitudes morais desenvolvidas em tais instituições. Nesse mergulho à temática da formação moral, não se poderia deixar de analisar também os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais, mais particularmente no que este documento propõe no tocante à moralidade enquanto Tema Transversal Ética. O objetivo geral desse estudo é, então, analisar de maneira crítica, a teoria do desenvolvimento moral de Piaget e Kohlberg, colocando-as em diálogo com demais autores com perspectivas diferentes e divergentes à cognitiva evolutiva, através da análise documental dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais - Tema Transversal Ética. A partir desse movimento, que não se encerra em si, de análise documentais, bem como de análise das teorias de Piaget e Kohlberg alguns resultados emergem no entendimento de como esta pode ser útil ao desenvolvimento moral durante o processo educativo no ambiente escolar, bem como pode comprometer novas possibilidades de agir, pensar e viver; forma de vida, estas, inclusive, que extrapolam os muros da escola. Entender os mecanismos de como a moralidade está sendo produzida e ter noção das relações de micro-poder existentes nas instituições escolares é fundamental para buscar novos caminhos ou mesmo ter maior consciência do caminho a que todos, ou a grande maioria da sociedade vêm seguindo. Este estudo oportuniza fazer uma reflexão sobre as teorizações estabelecidas, a fim de se produzir novas redes de informação, que possam sugerir novos caminhos à compreensão do processo de formação moral.

This thesis deals with the bases of Ethics in comparison with the practice of Ethics in the Slovak and the Czech Republic. The first part describes and discusses the philosophical, pedagogical and psychological bases of teaching subject called Ethics. It presents a chronological overview of ethical theories and their comparison of the base of morality. It deals with the philosophy of education and dialogue as the principles of teaching. It represents Piaget's theory of moral development of the child, states stages of moral reasoning by Kohlberg and characterizes Frankl's logotherapy. The second part analyzes and compares the approaches to Ethics in primary and secondary education in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic due to the bases of ethics set out in the first part. It represents the Slovak koncept of Olivar's prosocial education, the activities of Ethical Forum Czech Republic and the programme Philosophy for children.