Pedagogical approaches of moral education of the person

The paper presents an analysis of the concept of morals on the basis of the researches of genesis of development of this concept of various societies and cultures. The understanding of morals is historically concrete, it changes with development of a society. The author considers problems of moral education of the person and a role of the teacher in this process. Morals as the personal characteristic includes such qualities and properties of the person as kindness, decency, discipline. Moral education is effectively carried out as complete pedagogical process when it corresponds to norms of universal morals and the organization of all life persons in view of their age and specific features.