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This definition of moral literacy seems to work quite well with the independent definitions of moral and literacy. In analyzing this hybrid definition

Moral literacy is defined as the ability to contend with complex moral problems. It involves the ability to recognize a problem as a moral one. The morally literate individual must acknowledge the multiple perspectives of individuals involved in the problems. The ability to assess both disagreements on and proposed responses to the problems is another skill of the morally literate individual. The development of these abilities involves learning and practicing a set of skills. These skills must be taught and then practiced until they become habits. The skills include sensitivity, listening, reflecting, critical thinking and moral reasoning. A moral literacy resource for educators, therefore, should provide information to assist in developing both an understanding and application of these skills and abilities.

Literacy, moral and other, is a matter of some knowledge-that, and a great deal of know-how.  It is a "capacity for knowing and doing, involving the symbolic manipulation of information as the condition for expressive action" (81).  To discover the connection between this capacity or set of skills and Herman's account of deliberation and choice, we have to look to what she says about the developmental history of moral character.

group dedicated to exploring moral literacy--understood as the cultivation of ethics sensitivity, ethical reasoning skills, and moral imagination--in primary, secondary, and higher educational contexts and beyond.

moral literacy is composed of three main components as ethics sen-sitivity, ethical reasoning skills and moral imagination

moral literacy is the development of skills of moral reasoning.

Moral literacy involves a complex set of skills and habits that can be cultivated and enriched through education.

If moral is used as an adjective, it means good, or ethical.

functioning as singular the philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it; moral philosophy

functioning as plural a social, religious, or civil code of behaviour considered correct, esp that of a particular group, profession, or individual

functioning as plural the moral fitness of a decision, course of action

making judgments about what is right and wrong.

or the minimal ability to mak

moral literacy

e considered decisions about right and wrong

Moral literacy involves three basic components: ethics sensitivity; ethical reasoning skills; and moral imagination

What sources does the author cite, and what do others say about those sources?

Education, media-literacy-wise, is happening now after school and on weekends and when the teacher isn't looking, in the SMS messages, MySpace pages, blog posts, podcasts, videoblogs that technology-equipped digital natives exchange among themselves.

“Ethics” can be defined as the critical, structured examination of how we should behave — in particular, how we should constrain the pursuit of self-interest when our actions affect others.

Ethics: Definition

a consciousness of moral importance