Moral communication and intermediary institutions in modern societies

Abstract

In this article, the author tries the theme of moral comunication in modern societies. It starts from a broad sweep rescarch data about moral communication in Germany it was sponsored by the German Science Fundation. The rescarch data seems that morality is in use all arround us and it is transmitted in a specifically way by intermediary institutions like the family, peer groups, civic and religious organizations, associations, etc. Add the hypothesis of sorts about the dominant style of moral communication in modern societies; the preferred style in modern life is an indirect style of moralizing.