Membership and Moral Formation - 9781623961930

Membership and Moral FormationShame as an Educational and Social Emotion\nAuthor(s): John F. Covaleskie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781623961930, 978-1623961930\nSynopsis\nThis book is an attempt to relate moral formation to democratic life and to the emotional emotion of shame. The argument is that shame is essential to moral formation, that it tells us when we are violating our own moral norms. Contrary to common belief, I argue that shame is neither imposed on us by others (though it is certainly a product of our communal memberships) nor necessarily harmful. In fact I argue that shame not only can be beneficial for us, but that moral formation and growth are both inextricably linked to a proper sense of shame, a properly formed conscience.\n\nThe process of moral formation is an important one for any society, but perhaps most of all for a democratic society. The foundational premise of democra.