Character

character (Traits)

Characters (and real-life people) have unique attributes called traits.
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Character Education

As defined by Dr. Thomas Lickona, character education is the deliberate effort to develop virtues that are good for the individual and good for society. The objective goodness of virtues is based on the fact that they:

1) Affirm our human dignity

2) Promote the well-being and happiness of the individual

3) Serve the common good

4) Define our rights and obligations

5) Meet the classical ethical tests of reversibility (Would you want to be treated this way?) and universalizability (Would you want all persons to act this way in a similar situation?).
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List of Traits

active
adventurous
affable
affected
affectionate
afraid
ambitious
amiable
angry
animated
annoyed
anxious
argumentative
arrogant
astonished
attentive
babyish
bewildered
blase'
boorish
bored
bossy
brave
brilliant
busy
calm
candid
capable
careful
caustic
cautious
charismatic
charming
cheerful
childish
clever
clumsy
coarse
cold-hearted
compassionate
complacent
conceited
concerned
confident
confused
conscientious
considerate
cooperative
courageous
cowardly
crafty
critical
cross
cruel
cultured
curious
dangerous
daring
dauntless
decisive
dependable
determined
diligent
discouraged
discreet
dishonest
dismayed
disparaging
disrespectful
dissatisfied
distressed
domineering
doubtful
dutiful
eager
easygoing
effervescent
efficient
eloquent
embarrassed
encouraging
energetic
enthusiastic
exacting
excited
expert
exuberant
facetious
fair
faithful
fanciful
fearless
fidgety
fierce
finicky
foolish
formal
fortunate
frank
friendly
frustrated
funny
garrulous
generous
gentle
giddy
giving
glamorous
gloomy
glum
grateful
greedy
gragarious
grouchy
grumpy
gullible
happy
hardy
harried
harsh
hateful
haughty
helpful
honest
hopeful
hopeless
hospitable
humble
humorous
ignorant
ill-bred
imaginative
immaculate
immature
impartial
impatient
impolite
impudent
impulsive
inactive
independent
industrious
inimiable
innocent
insipid
insistant
insolent
intelligent
intrepid
jealous
jovial
keen
lackadaisical
languid
lazy
lively
logical
lonely
loquacious
loving
loyal
lucky
malicious
mature
mean
meticulous
mischievous
moody
mysterious
naive
negligent
nervous
noisy
obedient
obliging
obnoxious
obsequious
observant
obstinate
opinionated
optimistic
pandemonious
peaceful
pensive
persevering
persistent
pessimistic
petulent
picky
pleasant
polite
pompous
popular
positive
precise
proud
punctilious
puzzled
quarrelsome
quick
quiet
quixotic
rambunctious
rash
rational
refined
reliable
relieved
religious
respectful
responsible
responsive
restless
retiring
risk-taking
rowdy
rude
safe
sarcastic
satisfied
saucy
scared
scornful
secretive
secure
sedate
self-centered
selfish
self-reliant
sensitive
shrewd
silly
sincere
skillful
slovenly
sly
smart
sneaky
snobbish
sociable
steacy
stingy
stolid
strange
strict
stubborn
studious
stupid
suave
sullen
supercilious
supersticious
surly
suspiciouss
sweet
taciturn
tactful
talented
talkative
tasteful
tenacious
tense
terrified
thankful
thoughtful
thoughtless
thrifty
timid
tolerant
touchy
trusting
trustworthy
uncontrolled
uncouth
unfriendly
unruly
unscrupulous
unselfish
upset
useful
valiant
versatile
vivacious
vulgar
warm
warm-hearted
weak
whimsical
wise
witty
worried

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Some of the Traits

Responsibility: Being accountable in word and deed. Having a sense of duty to fulfill tasks with reliability, dependability and commitment.

Perseverance: Pursuing worthy objectives with determination and patience while exhibiting fortitude when confronted with failure.

Caring: Showing understanding of others by treating them with kindness, compassion, generosity and a forgiving spirit.

Self-discipline: Demonstrating hard work controlling your emotions, words, actions, impulses and desires. Giving your best in all situations.

Citizenship: Being law abiding and involved in service to school, community and country.

Honesty: Telling the truth, admitting wrongdoing. Being trustworthy and acting with integrity.

Courage: Doing the right thing in face of difficulty and following your conscience instead of the crowd.

Fairness: Practicing justice, equity and equality. Cooperating with one another. Recognizing the uniqueness and value of each individual within our diverse society.

Respect: Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated. Understanding that all people have value as human beings.

Integrity: A firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values. Being honest, trustworthy and incorruptible.

Patriotism: A love for and loyalty to one's country.
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Traits Correlation

CharacterEd.Net----------> Related Traits

Honesty---------------------> Truthfulness, Loyalty, Integrity
Responsibility--------------> Dependability, Reliability
Perseverance---------------> Diligence, Patience
Caring------------------------> Kindness, Compassion, Generosity, Cheerfulness, Charity, Helpfulness Courage
Citizenship------------------> Patriotism, Sportsmanship
Respect----------------------> Self-Respect, Respect for Others
Fairness---------------------> Tolerance
Self-Discipline--------------> Self-Control
Integrity--------------------> Honesty, Truthfulness, Trustworthiness
Patriotism------------------> Citizenship, Devotion, Responsibility
Courage---------------------> Fortitude, Determination
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