Negative Moral Emotions in Moral Education

Recently, the importance of emotions for moral judgments and moral education has experienced wider interest research. A strong focus in pedagogy lies on the role of emotions as motivational factors for ethical behaviour and consequently on the development of compassion. Less focus has been laid on the influence of negative emotions like anger or disgust, that accompany experiences of acts regarded as immoral. The article describes the role of anger and disgust in processes of moral judgment and reflects on possible approaches to negative moral emotions in moral education in schools.