Development and validation of an educational package for promoting moral intelligence based on virtue theories and its effectiveness on the perception of competence, perceived self-control, and character capabilities of 9-12 year old children

Ethics, as the most fundamental element of individual and social life, plays an unparalleled role in determining human destiny and happiness. In fact, ethics is a set of principles and values that guide human behavior and help him to take the right path. The importance of ethics in human life is so great that many philosophers and thinkers have considered it a necessary condition for achieving perfection and happiness.

This study seeks to answer the fundamental question of whether implementing a virtue-based educational package can simultaneously improve: 1) perceived competence perceived self-control (Tangney et al., 2004), and 3) character strengths (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) in the sample group?!