This article discusses the problem of studying the formation of spiritual and moral qualities of a person in philosophical, psychological and pedagogical aspects. In philosophical, religious studies, psychological, and pedagogical studies, the problem of studying the formation of spiritual and moral qualities was always relevant, and the study of this problem goes into the depths of human civilization. The conceptual ideas of classical educators and psychologists in understanding the nature of spirituality and morality are presented. And also considered the age characteristics of high school students in the process of their spiritual and moral formation. An analysis of the state of knowledge of the problem of the formation of spiritual and moral qualities of a person in foreign and domestic psychological and pedagogical literature showed that the spiritual and moral qualities of a person are a manifestation of the basic categories in psychology and pedagogy, that is, a manifestation of universal values in the structure of the personality, considered as the basic components of spiritual and moral personality of a high school student.