Moral Development and Behavior—Theory, Research, and Social Issues edited by Thomas Lickona. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. 430 ppBehavioral SciencesDevelopmental PsychologyEthicsJusticeMoral IssuesMoral ValuesPersonality StudiesPhilosophyPsychological Studies...
In addition to the cognitive underpinnings of moral development, recent studies have also focused on the biological origins of morality, and alternative theoretical approaches arguing that morality is innate have been proposed. The best known of these are the innate moral core theory and the two-...
Moral development refers to the process whereby people form a progressive sense of what is right and wrong, proper and improper. As implied by the term development, human moral sense is commonly seen to involve a movement from simple and finite definitions of right and wrong to more complex wa...
Kohlberg's theory of moral development has sustained criticism on several fronts, the least not being the fact that his studies were conducted on boys between the ages of 10-16. This reduces the generalizability of his findings due to age and gender bias. In other words, it would be difficu...
Part one is an introduction and is intended to help the reader organize the wealth of theory and research in the field around eight basic questions confronting a science of morality. Part two sets forth eight distinctively different theoretical views of how moral development occurs. Part three ...
and is in agreement with previous studies that attribute theory-of-mind function specifically to right TPJ34,35. We posit that individuals with high sensitivity to disgust have increased connectivity between the dmPFC and TPJ, which leads to decreased activity in dmPFC and increased acceptability of...
Free Essay: After interviewing Kayla, according to kolhbergs moral development theory, I would place her moral reasoning in stages one, two, three, and I...
Fry, DP, Souillac, G (2013) The relevance of nomadic forager studies to moral foundations theory: moral education and global ethics in the twenty-first century. J Moral Educ 42: pp. 346-359Fry, D. P., & Souillac. G. (2013). The relevance of nomadic forager studies to moral foun- ...
In: Wilburn B (ed) Moral Cultivation: Essays on the Development of Character and Virtue. Lexington Books, Lanham, pp 101–124 Google Scholar Reicher S, Alexander Haslam S (2011) After shock? Towards a social identity explanation of the milgram ‘obedience’ studies: Social identity and the...
Moral Reasoning of Education Students: The Effects of Direct Instruction in Moral Development Theory and Participation in Moral Dilemma Discussion. Background/Context: Results of the few studies that have investigated moral reasoning in education students suggest that such reasoning may be less advance....