Abstract

Teacher training occupies an important place in the theory of professional ethics, so long as education is understood to mean the intentional moral shaping of pupils’ actions and behaviour. It is important that training on the theory of teaching ethics and teaching practice enhances teachers’ professional morals. The main aim of this paper is to explore and analyse the professional ethics of the teacher, concentrating on aspects of decision-making, action-taking and behaviour from the viewpoint of the Ethics of Social Consequences. The importance of the teacher’s character and virtues also receive attention. The author suggests that the teacher’s character influences the decisions teachers make, and that the virtuous actions/ virtue-based actions and behaviour of the teacher should produce positive social consequences and conform to the values of humanity and human dignity.