Jackie Davidson's List: Moral Literacy

• Moral literacy involves three basic components: ethics sensitivity; ethical reasoning skills; and moral imagination. It is the contention of the author that though math and reading literacy is highly valued by the American educational system,

• “Literacy is an essential aspect of our everyday lives that is embedded in our activities, social interactions & relationships. It is not only the ability to read & write, but to comprehend.”

   

  - Jeff Magee

• to be a moral agent, must take the responsibility to be informed before making moral judgments.
• A second component of becoming a moral agent involves cultivating moral virtues.
• A third component of moral literacy is the development of skills of moral reasoning.

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