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

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Ministerial Ethics Committee
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?!