ABSTRACT
Morality within practices may be culturally based just as different games have evolved in different cultures, but what is universal is the internal goods and expectations for excellence, and the process of coming to know what is moral from the practice of virtues. Temperament, dispositions, and conformity play essential roles in morality and ideology formation. Conformity is a particularly pressing concern for children and teenagers as they form their moral identity. Schools, and social studies in particular, are intended to reinforce the moral code and ethical duties inherent in a democratic ideology. Supportive family interactions are characterized by parents setting the example with engaged listening, extensive conversation, thoughtfully delivered alternative ideas, praise, admonitions, and forced moral acts as a form of habituation. Ethics education, character education, values formation, values analysis, and citizenship education are intertwined with moral education and are often used interchangeably. The pedagogical enactment of moral and character education requires philosophical counseling and it requires a unique individual.
