Moral Beliefs of Young Workers

t-T>HE MORALITY of adolescents is both a magnetic and an | explosive subject for many adults in our society. The air is thick v with pronouncements and prognostications, mostly gloomy. Yet what they actually believe on moral issues is very inadequately understood. This is probably true for young people at all social and educational levels; it is particularly true for young working people. The relationship between belief and action is, of course, complicated and possibly tenuous. While it may be unwise to assume that moral action will necessarily mirror moral belief; it may be equally unwise to assume that what is consciously believed about right and wrong does not influence behaviour at all. There are signs in educational circles of a revival of interest in the problem of 'moral education'. In this connection information about what young people believe they would, or ought to, do in a moral dilemma is likely to be of some value. Apart from its intrinsic interest it can be made the starting point for the sort of discussions that may engender more critical attitudes to moral beliefs. In some cases it may lead to the increased awareness of processes of moral judgment that must underly any approach to moral autonomy

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