He also mentions the fact that schools alone cannot succeed, parents should cooperate and support the school s values so that this moral education thrives. Respect and Responsibility are the Two Great Moral Values Lickona talks about the most. They are the fourth and fifth R s schools should teach. Lickona ends this first part with the definition of good character. It is easy to say that we want our students to have good character, but in order to achieve this, we have to specify those character traits we want to build in them.
Good character consists of knowing the good, desiring the good, and doing the good.
We want our children to be able to judge what is right, care deeply about what is right, and then do what they believe to be right. This is what is clearly described in the two remaining parts of the book. In these two parts, as I said before, practical suggestions prevail. Nine of these twelve points are relative to classroom strategies, and the last three are relative to strategies for the whole school. The teacher should try to build rapport with their students, to guide them, to encourage right behavior and to correct wrongful actions.