Character & Ethics

The development of good character and ethical action has been a fundamental interest at Project Zero for decades. We have examined character and ethics, from its development in childhood to its realization at the workplace and in the broader community, in a variety of research primarily associated with the Good Project.

BIG QUESTIONS

Are character and ethical action better thought of as part of one’s identity or as a set of roles that one assumes, online and offline, throughout life?
What does it mean to do good work? To be a good citizen?
How do we help young people become the kind of persons of whom we can be proud? What are the obstacles?
Is "good character" a role that one can assume, or is it a more complex, longer lasting developmental phenomenon?