Learning morality: the experience of six young people

Abstract

This article contains the vision that six high school students in Aguascalientes state have on their moral development highlighting the experiences and persons that they identify as relevant in their learning of morality. This work was made using a low structured interviews. The students were selected according to their scores in the Rest's a Defining Issues Test. Two students have the lowest index scores, and four of them have the highest ones in their respective schools. The stories show the relevance of family actors comparing with those of the schools, similarities and differences in the meaningful experiences and the role of those people who influenced the moral development of the students.