W2 Discussion Question 1: Strength of Character, Fruit of Spirit

Purpose: You have been exposed to a wide range of resources all with the goal of illuminating how morals and virtues are developed and expressed. You will practice integrating the knowledge you have learned this week from both Biblical and psychological sources. This will deepen your understanding of the concepts and enhance your ability to articulate important concepts in moral development and virtue formation.

Post: First, take the questionnaire in Appendices A and B of Mapping morality with a compass: Testing the theory of 'morality-as-cooperation' with a new questionnaire.(https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=0c10b26e-a06a-46f3-a549-c9c670058795%40redis&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXNzbyZzaXRlPWVkcy1saXZlJnNjb3BlPXNpdGU%3d#AN=S0092656618303568&db=edselp). Identify which moral domains are most relevant and least relevant for you, as well as which moral judgments you most agree with and least agree with. You can also take the VIA Character Strengths Survey (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vBiX9zd07xjd3WhAiuUQbcolBAPI9jLB4x_Sj_4IJMQ/edit). Then, post a response to the following questions:

• How do the moral domains align with virtues from Positive Psychology and across the Christian tradition?
• How do the moral domains align with the behavioral exhortations in the Sermon on the Mount?
• Describe at least one thing about virtues and their formation that Positive Psychology can teach to Christianity, and vice versa.
• Where do our virtues and morals come from? If we are interested in developing or deepening our connection to some of these virtues (Christian or secular), how would one go about doing so?
• How can you attend to your core virtues, strengths, and morals? How are you living these out in your day-to-day life? What is one way you could use your core virtues, strengths, or morals more?