Character, Oh! Character, Where Art Thou?

What has happened to the concept of character in our current times, and is it important?This essay asks this question with reference to the increased use of 'personality' in our language and thinking, and contends that this change has resulted in a greater tendency for selfreferencing decision-making in the lives of our young people.The suggested educational response to the trend is that we review our teaching too, so that it is more strongly built around the biblical concept of 'service', one to the other.