THE IMAGE OF A MORAL HERO OF YOUNG PEOPLE: PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

The article provides analysis of moral hero’s image, which today’s young people have. We selected characterizing features which presented this image in the consciousness of today’s young men and women. The article conducts the theoretical analysis of the approaches to determination of the categories “moral”, “moral consciousness”, “moral person”, “moral norm” etc. The survey of young people has been conducted about the personal Moral Hero’s characteristics in their interpretation, the main types of Moral Hero and set of personal features, which provide an opportunity to evaluate this Hero as high ethical person have been selected based on the theoretical analysis. In the survey it has been established that Moral Heroes of today’s young people are only several types. There are relatives and celebrities. It’s significant that today’s young people don’t select as Moral Hero religious figures. Their moral ideal is celebrity such as actors, politics, scientists and fictional characters in literature and cinema. Young people don’t have typical Moral Hero, he is individual for everyone but there is tendency to focus on actors and singers. Politics are less represented. The results show Institutes of family and religion have lost their influence on formation of young people’s personalities. This role belongs to the social imagines through projection and identification. In general, young people like power, courage, volitional qualities, but in the real life they select feminine characteristics: tolerance, empathy, friendliness as positive moral characteristics. It’s a proof of immature moral consciousness, when young people evaluate a moral ideal unrealistically. The qualities of celebrities are greatly exaggerated, and young people evaluate a moral ideal unrealistically. We also researched young people perceptions about personal and social level of moral development. It’s been discovered that young people appreciated the level of moral development of social and themselves.