THE ROLE OF CHRISTIAN MORAL PSYCHOLOGY IN AN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR (PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS)

Abstract

 Christian moral psychology revolves around morality that concentrates on an action, is morally good in the community/society. This implies that, Christian moral psychology which is a branch of religious ethics ensures that people’s actions and behaviors are in tandem with the acceptable moral standards, thereby contributing a lot in human moral development. It becomes worrisome that despite Christian moral psychology, corruption perpetrated freely in every nooks and corner without those concerned having requisite moral compunction to abstain from corrupt acts. This ugly situation diminishes the role of Christian morality in human moral development. Human behavior that will help us keep in mind that, there are internal and external forces that have the potential to influence our behavior is Christian morality. I think some clues to understanding our struggles can come from recognizing that our Christian moral psychology interacts with our thoughts, feelings, and habitual ways of acting, health, and social factors to influence our moral conduct. Therefore, it has become necessary to examine the prospects and problems that revolves within Christian moral psychology. The researcher made use of phenomenological approach. It was descriptive and analytical. The work used primary and secondary sources. The primary source includes observation while secondary sources include books, journals, and internet materials. Despite the fact that, Nigeria is predominantly populated with Christians, it is still classified as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. There is no doubt that, most of the Christians do not apply Christian moral psychology in their workplace due to Materialism, Secularization, Colonialism, change of moral values, irreligious attitude, family background, western influence, imported religion behavior from other countries.