The direct reference point for these analyses is the process of making moral decisions, but a particular point of interest is the difficulty associated with making decisions when acting subjects are aware that their choice of moral good can lead to the breakdown of relationships with those close to them (family members or friends) or to their exclusion from the group(s) that have been most important to them so far in their lives, consequently causing them to experience loneliness. This difficulty is a challenge for education, which in supporting the moral development of a maturing person should prepare her/him for choosing moral good even if this requires personal sacrifices. In these analyses, assuming that knowledge of moral good is not sufficient for morally good actions, I refer mainly to the virtues of character that facilitate making morally good decisions and I seek the answer to the question: what character traits (moral virtues) should be shaped in maturing persons, so that as adults they can resist moral evil, even when this will clearly lead to the experience of loneliness? I propose these character traits as expressing moral virtues—especially the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude (neo-Thomistic approach). In this way, I join in the discussion relating to the teleology of education. I do not touch on the methodology of education, however. The argument is presented in two parts. In the first, I introduce the problem of decision-making implying consent to loneliness. In the second, I reflect on the characteristics of a person who is capable of making such a decision.

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作为道德决策结果的孤独教育：道德美德问题

这些分析的直接参考点是做出道德决定的过程，但一个特别的兴趣点是当行为主体意识到他们对道德善的选择会导致与那些亲近的人的关系破裂时，与做出决定相关的困难。他们（家人或朋友）或将他们排除在迄今为止对他们最重要的群体之外，从而导致他们感到孤独。这种困难对教育来说是一个挑战，在支持成熟的人的道德发展方面，应该让她/他为选择道德善做好准备，即使这需要个人牺牲。在这些分析中，假设道德善的知识不足以做出道德善的行为，我主要指的是有助于做出道德上良好决定的性格美德，我寻求这个问题的答案：成熟的人应该塑造什么样的性格特征（道德美德），以便成年后他们能够抵抗道德邪恶，即使是否会明显导致孤独的体验？我建议将这些性格特征表达为道德美德——尤其是审慎、正义、节制和坚韧（新托马斯主义方法）的基本美德。通过这种方式，我加入了有关教育目的论的讨论。然而，我不涉及教育方法论。论证分两部分提出。首先，我介绍了暗示同意孤独的决策问题。第二，我反思了一个有能力做出这样决定的人的特征。