Module 6 The caring community

To this point we have defined ethics and shown how it emerges in early childhood. Now let us move beyond family to consider the responsibility of ethics for community development. The module videos can also be found in a single list in the VIDEOS tab.

Primary video (view this first)

Module 6. Ethics and community

Supportive resources (view and read)

Moral identity and moral elevation (pdf research article on the impact of witnessing kindness)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWDHsbUiow

Danger Signs (pdf summary of a few facts revealing what happens when the social fabric unravels)

Sawubona (a video about the African perspective on social connection)

Ubuntu (another video about the African perspective on social connection)

Raising Courageous Kids (textbook)

Step Five: From Self to Empathy, pp. 119-139

Workbook entries (after viewing the video and the supportive resources)

9. It takes a village to raise a child?

African communities emphasize the responsibility of the community as a whole in childrearing. Does this perspective work in American communities? Or does it take a community to support parents who raise a child?

10. Moral elevation

Have you ever witnessed an act of kindness? What happened? Did it have an “elevation” impact on you? What does “elevation” mean?

Now participate in online discussion

When you have completed the above, visit the online discussion forum at the KSOL course website. Participate in the discussion regarding Module 6. Be prepared to use your workbook entries as part of your discussion.