The Exploration of Aims and Considerations of Child’s Moral Education from the Perspective of Islamic View of Action

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The main Purpose of this paper is the exploration of aims and considerations of child’s moral education from the perspective of Islamic view of action. Methods used in this research are the conceptual analysis and the deductive approach. Hence, first, from the perspective of Islamic view of action, the moral action that is permanently the normative behavior upon foundations of cognition, inclination and will was explored. Exploring these triple foundations in childhood led to the conclusion that the preparations of moral action in childhood are traceable. In addition, on the overall look, can say that the moral education in childhood from the perspective of Islamic view of action is the period of responsibly selectivity included three stages: processing options, selecting, and accepting the consequences of selection. Then, given the concept of “pure life” and the relationship of moral action with childhood from the perspective of Islamic view of action were extracted the aims and considerations of child’s moral education. Among these aims are: “understanding of good and evil”, “manipulation with desires”, and “tends to goods and hate from ugliness”. “Providing the moral facts based on the child's cognitive ability”, “the relationship of the child with the rich environment of the social-moral”, “recognition of freedom of negative and positive of the child” and “having a behavior mingled with compassion and kindness to the child” are some of the considerations which can fulfill these aims

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