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 ...

My very first scientific publication was an article, co-authored with my graduate school advisor, Robert Hogan, and our colleague, Nicholas Emler, presenting a new version of Hogan's theory of moral ...

Individuals who have a high level of moral reasoning show increased activity in the brain's frontostriatal reward system, both during periods of rest and while performing a sequential risk taking and ...

The purpose of Aquinas's Ethics is to place Thomas Aquinas's moral theory in its full philosophical and theological context and to do so in a way that makes Aquinas (1224/5-1274) readily accessible to ...

Examines two opposing theories of moral development, that of Lawrence Kohlberg who believes that there are stages of moral development tied to cognitive development, and that of the learning theorists ...

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 ...

Ethical debate cannot be reduced to the exchange of dogmas from rival traditions or the simple acceptance of irreconcilable disagreement. Moral theory is what most moral philosophers spend our time ...

Individuals who have a high level of moral reasoning show increased activity in the brain's frontostriatal reward system, both during periods of rest and while performing a sequential risk taking and ...