Why is Moral Development Important?

Stages of Moral Development 

Moral development concentrates on the evolution, transformation, development and understanding of the morality of a person. It develops throughout the lifetime and is determined by an individual's struggles and performance. Morality is described in terms of intellectual beliefs and values that pertain to all circumstances and communities. It's the development of a human to decide what is right and what is wrong. It can be developed positively and negatively depending on how a person performs the duties before him across each stage of moral growth throughout his life. It is an individual's maturity, growth, and development of his character based on social and artistic standards, customs, and regulations. They are the "code of character" which determines a person's occupancy in his social, personal, professional, and psychological aspects. Moral development starts from early childhood and continues even after he becomes an adult. It focuses on the development of his discipline, morals, and a spirit of excellence. In order to acknowledge the morality of a person, it is imperative to recognize his ideas, sentiments, responsibilities, opinions, and reactions. The way your parents raise up and in the kind of environment, you are living in plays a crucial role in determining your moral evolution, social and individual behavior, a positive development.
                   
It is the apprehension of every parent to make his child decide the understanding of right and wrong, honor for and comply with the laws of ethical demeanor. A well-behaved person is intended to produce good results. Young children don't have the same level of mentality and behavior compared to an adult person. Every person has different ways of reaction in the social, personal, and professional levels. Human evolution is consistently excellent. Human nature is inherently self-completing and self-improving. Moral development goes side-wise as the other physical features of the human body grow.  This conveys a sense of progressiveness in us. It is important for us to grow simultaneously at a personal and spiritual level. This is a journey of our growth towards our goals and ideals. If we are ethically developed then why our morals encourage us to get corrupt revealing a ruthless and brutal side of ourselves to the world. The outside world is responsible for or this sort of behavior or our inner sense. The truth is no one is born evil. Our society where we live and the way we are brought and raised up is responsible for our actions. People who themselves are not morally grown draws you to perform wicked deeds. Our improvement takes on twofold in this struggle. Building a character that is acknowledged by everyone, on the other hand, struggling with mental distress, false philosophies, and obsession with materialistic things. Being happy and prosperous is the attainment of our natural human role. In order to be happy, draws us towards bigger provocations. The improvement of rational ethics and values is largely a manner of natural and consistent growth. The thesis of moral development informs us about the policies for the cogitative progress on the idea of our innate virtue. Our communicative capabilities will help in forming these disciplines and monitor their functions too. When practiced and implemented together, under an authorized social system, this leads to the rise of ethical and noble virtues. The stress is to on how one chooses to counter to his moral dilemma. This is a perspective between deciding what is actually right and what is individually comforting. Following morals and principles becomes mandatory for a person when he wants to avoid punishment. Why child follows the guidelines of his parents and teachers, just not to be punished. Why a person never breaks traffic rules, just because he is avoiding paying any fine and punishment. Whether you want to obey the rules or you are really escaping from punishment. At this stage, compliance with social rules persists essential to the individual.

Our behavior is defined by social consent. Whether you are a good person or bad, you want an endorsement from society and acquire their warmth and devotion. You want a tag from the society of an ideal person. In order to win over their fondness and liking, you tend to perform good deeds and follow moral values and principles without knowing that whether we want to follow the instructions set by society for us. We never want to listen to our intuition and senses. We blindly follow the commitments and duties in order to showcase us as a genuine person.
                               
Decision-making becomes more restrictive here. We make decisions not what is good for us, but by perceiving and keeping in view the interest of other people. Our rights and duties determine our behavior. If we want to perform the right things we are always bounded by some restrictions. Thus this type of thinking involves catching the ideas and feelings of each person that may influence the decision. Studies reveal that people who are more experienced in life and are older tend to have more moral behavior as compared to young ones. Moral thinking is supposed to originate within selective social fields like self-interest, dignity, justice, liberty, human rights, and duties. A person may react to with compassion and attention for an individual over interest in social and cultural rules. This is a diverse behavior that differs in different age groups.
                             
Consequently, sentiments play a significant part in moral development. Emotional people tend to be more obedient and following the rules. The basic sensations consistently associated with moral development are blame, embarrassment, compassion, and harmony. The pain and regret arise when the person is depicted wrong. When people go through such emotions, they are likely to develop a negative prospect of life. They encourage to make people's immoral choices which make an immediate impression in their life. Another kind of moral development arises when a person is appreciated and recognized. This is a positive sign of development. The fact is that these differences do not weigh equally and do not make a common impact on ethical behavior. They don't generate the same outcomes.