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Moral Education of Adolescents… A.S Hosseini Dehshiri (117

               who  is  purposeful  and               which  case  it  is  necessary
               follows principles in life, if         for  the  child  to  be  able  to

               he  wants  to  remain  on  his         act independently.
               policy  and  ideology,  he                Therefore,      from      the
               needs  to  protect  himself            beginning, the child should

               from the affairs of the soul           be educated in such  a way
               that  are  contrary  to  his           that he can manage himself
               purpose and principles.                by his own will.

                  Therefore,  piety  in  the             In  moral  education,  too,
               general sense is a basic and           the  child  should  be  helped
               important      principle     for       to    distinguish      between

               anyone  who  wants  to  be             good  and  bad  and  to
               human  and  live  under  the           evaluate  the  results  and
               command  of  reason  and               consequences  of  actions.

               follow goals and principles.           Providing  this  opportunity
               (Motahari, 2002: 7)                    and  background  requires
                  Piety,  in  the  moral  and         the  individual  to  observe
               educational field, also means          more      moral     principles.

               maintaining  oneself  and              What  can  guarantee  this
               self-control  and  putting             guided  freedom  is  piety,
               one's  actions  and  behavior          because,  as  we  have  said,

               in  a  logical  path.  Humans          piety  means  self-control
               can  not  always  be  under            and acting rationally.
               surveillance.  Even  in  a                A pious person does not

               child,  there  are  moments            control  his  actions  out  of
               when the child is not under            fear  of  the  law  or  the  fear
               the  care  of  the  parents,  in       of  others,  because  he
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