Moral values in the context of physical education of students – prospective employees of the penitentiary system

The paper deals with the optimal ratio of physical training and moral education in the educational process of a higher education institution that trains employees of the penitentiary system (PS). As one of the ways to solve this problem, it is proposed to introduce moral values to students – prospective employees of the PS in the process of physical education. It is substantiated that moral values are values that are socially approved and shared by most people, they are associated with morality as an ethical category and its structure. There are classic signs of moral values (responsibility of a person for these values; awareness of moral insolvency affecting the conscience; the need for such values; the ratio of moral values to reward and punishment) and their classification (fundamental, basic and systemic social and moral values). The author has selected moral values that should be introduced to cadets – prospective employees of the PS in the process of physical education («good», «duty», «mutual understanding», «mercy», «responsibility», «truth», «freedom», «conscience», «justice», «empathy»). It is proved that the value «altruism» is concretized by the values «charity» and «justice» and therefore is not represented in the general list of values. Justice and mercy are considered to be sides of the golden rule of morality, the bilateral action of which contributes to co-feeling, co-action, co-help, co-participation. Values «good», «mutual understanding», «freedom», «responsibility», «truth» and «empathy» are described as values that should be introduced to a cadet in the process of physical education in order to develop him as a moral personality.