Revitalisasi Moral Feeling Thomas Lickona melalui Estetika Musik Etnik: Sebuah Pendekatan Filsafat Pendidikan Berbasis Budaya: Thomas Lickona's Revitalization of Moral Feeling through Ethnic Music Aesthetics: A Culture-Based Educational Philosophy Approach

Fitri Alfariz (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Rr. Yudiswara Ayu Permatasari (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Jurnal Filsafat Indonesia
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026)

The escalating moral degradation among students highlights a critical failure in character education, which remains heavily dominated by cognitive aspects (Moral Knowing), thereby neglecting the affective dimension. This study aims to critically examine Thomas Lickona’s educational philosophy to uncover a novel perspective addressing this crisis. Employing a qualitative method with a philosophical approach, this research proposes that Ethnic Music Aesthetics serves as the "missing link" to effectively activate the often-overlooked Moral Feeling. The findings reveal that ethnic music embodies a unique epistemological structure: a dialectic between Objective Structure (adherence to rhythmic laws as a metaphor for social order) and Subjective "Rasa" (deep cultural emotion). This analysis demonstrates that internalizing the aesthetics of traditional music simultaneously cultivates discipline and refined empathy, surpassing the limitations of conventional verbalistic methods. Consequently, integrating Lickona’s philosophy with ethnic music aesthetics is not merely art preservation but a vital pedagogical strategy. This approach transforms moral knowledge into living character, fostering a harmony between intellectual intelligence and cultural identity.