4. The meaning of moral
• The distinction between right
and wrong or concerned with
the judgment of the goodness
or badness of human action
and character.
5. What Is the Meaning of Moral
Development?
• Moral development is a process through
which a child develops proper attitudes or
behaviours towards the other people in the
society, based on various things such social
and cultural norms, laws and rules. Moral
development is every parent's concern
because parents have the responsibility to
teach a child to distinguish between what is
right and wrong and then behave accordingly.
6. What is the difference between
moral and conventions?
• Moral --- which might be
universal.
• Conventions--- which are limited
to one’s family or society.
13. Stop it
• individuals focus on the direct consequences of
their actions on themselves. For example, an
action is perceived as morally wrong because the
perpetrator is punished. "The last time I did that I
got spanked so I will not do it again." The worse
the punishment for the act is, the more "bad" the
act is perceived to be. This can give rise to an
inference that even innocent victims are guilty in
proportion to their suffering. It is "egocentric,"
lacking recognition that others' points of view are
different from one's own. There is "deference to
superior power or prestige.
28. Marpa’s Advice
• The methods of disciplining I used on
you, and Tilopa used on his chela Naropa
, will not be suitable for the degenerate
beings of future generations, who will be
narrow of vision and incapable of
assimilating divine Truths. Hence beware
of using them.
