This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The construct of cognitive moral development seemingly has powerful practical relevance in many areas of life. Nonetheless, moral reasoning ...

Human Development, Vol. 22, No. 4 (1979), pp. 225-234 (10 pages) This paper discusses some conceptual and methodological difficulties associated with the use of the form-content distinction in moral ...

Kohlberg's stages of moral development were conceived by Lawrence Kohlberg to explain the development of moral reasoning. This theory holds that moral reasoning, which is the basis for ethical ...

How do children think about right and wrong? Moral Stages and Broken Glasses The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget is renowned for his stage theory of development. According to Piaget, children advance ...

North American Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg wrote that the moral growth of human beings has six stages, but nowadays only a small percentage of people achieve the highest stage. Taking Jean Piaget’s ...