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Motivational Activity (Creative & Interactive)
Title: 🃏 “Match the Moral!” (Flashcard Matching Game)
Purpose:
To engage the audience in recognizing key moral concepts and virtues that shape
moral character and moral development in nursing.
Materials:
2 sets of flashcards (physical or digital if online):
o Set A: Concepts (e.g., “Honesty,” “Impartiality,” “Conventional Level,”
“Reason,” “Empathy,” “Virtue Ethics”)
o Set B: Definitions or examples
Instructions:
1. Divide the class (your “students”) into two or three small groups.
2. Each group receives or views mixed-up flashcards.
3. Their task: Match each concept from Set A with its correct definition or
example from Set B.
4. Give 2 minutes per round.
5. The group with the most correct matches wins a small prize or earns “Ethics
Stars.”
Sample Flashcard Pairs:
Concept Definition / Example
Honesty A nurse reports her own mistake to maintain patient trust.
Impartiality Treating all patients fairly regardless of status or background.
Conventional
Following rules to maintain social order and gain approval.
Level
Reason Using logical judgment to make ethical decisions.
Empathy Understanding and sharing another person’s feelings in care.
Acting based on moral character traits such as compassion
Virtue Ethics
and courage.
Transition to Lecture:
After the activity, ask:
“Which of these traits do you think are most essential for nurses making moral
decisions?”
Then segue smoothly into the lecture on moral character and moral
development, showing how each concept fits into ethical reasoning in nursing.
🃏 FLASHCARD MATCHING GAME: “MATCH THE MORAL!”
Set A – Concepts / Terms
1. Moral Character
2. Moral Development
3. Disposition
4. Pre-conventional Level
5. Conventional Level
6. Post-conventional Level
7. Reason
8. Impartiality
9. Empathy
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13.7-Step Moral Reasoning Model
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Set B – Matching Definitions or Examples
1. The stable traits and virtues that guide a person’s ethical behavior, such as
honesty and compassion.
→ (Moral Character)
2. The process of learning how to reason about right and wrong through stages
of growth.
→ (Moral Development)
3. A consistent habit or tendency to act morally across situations.
→ (Disposition)
4. Moral reasoning focused on avoiding punishment and seeking rewards.
→ (Pre-conventional Level)
5. Moral reasoning based on social norms, laws, and gaining approval from
others.
→ (Conventional Level)
6. Moral reasoning based on universal ethical principles like justice and human
rights.
→ (Post-conventional Level)
7. The ability to think logically and make moral judgments based on evidence
and fairness.
→ (Reason)
8. Treating all individuals fairly without favoritism or personal bias.
→ (Impartiality)
9. Feeling and understanding another person’s experience or pain; foundation
of compassionate care.
→ (Empathy)
10.A nurse admits to a medication error to protect patient safety and maintain
trust.
→ (Honesty)
[Link] the right thing even when no one is watching or when it’s difficult.
→ (Integrity)
[Link] up for a patient’s rights despite pressure from superiors or
colleagues.
→ (Courage)
13.A step-by-step approach to ethical decision-making that starts with gathering
facts and ends with moral action.
→ (7-Step Moral Reasoning Model)
[Link] moral choices guided by personal conscience and universal principles
rather than external rules.
→ (Conscience-Based Decision)
15.A moral theory emphasizing good character and moral virtues over rules or
outcomes.
→ (Virtue Ethics)