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Murphy, John Michael; Gilligan, Carol – Human Development, 1980
Provides an alternative conception of postconventional moral development which fits existing data on late adolescent and adult moral judgment better than Kohlberg's higher stage descriptions. Data is from a longitudinal study of 26 undergraduates at Harvard. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages

Levine, Charles G. – Human Development, 1979
Evaluates the differing perspectives of Kohlberg and Turiel on moral reasoning. Both perspectives use stage displacement models to depict moral development and assume that as ontogenesis proceeds, the role played by earleir acquired moral stages becomes increasingly insignificant in comparison with the role played by more advanced stages. The…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Models, Moral Development, Opinions

Simpson, Evan – Human Development, 1983
Uses Rousseau's "Emile" to explicate Kohlberg's characterization of moral development and to illuminate several theoretical problems in Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental account. Analysis supports contentions that Kohlberg's concept of morality is unduly narrow and suggests that his one-sidedly rationalistic approach exaggerates the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Education

Levine, Charles; And Others – Human Development, 1985
Presents recent changes in the theory of moral stages, including a broadening of theoretical and research concerns, differentiation of "hard" and "soft" stages, clarification of the form-content distinction, revision of A and B substages, clarification of stages six and seven, discussion of moral action, and listing of nine…
Descriptors: Bias, Definitions, Developmental Stages, Moral Development

Locke, Don – Human Development, 1983
The cognition/conduct problem is outlined as it arises in cognitive-developmental moral theory. A model of the connection between stage of moral reasoning and behavior is developed, involving two separate steps (from reasoning to judgments and from judgments to behavior).(Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Stages, Models, Moral Development

Sullivan, Edmund V. – Human Development, 1977
Describes Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development as a liberal ideology. Critiques Kohlberg's theory and liberal social science ideologies in general. (BD)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Conceptual Schemes, Developmental Stages, Justice

Gibbs, J. C. – Human Development, 1979
Reconceptualizes Kohlberg's theory and research on moral stages in the light of recent criticisms. A proposed revision describes moral development in adulthood as existential rather than Piagetian and restricts moral judgment in the standard stage sense to childhood and adolescence. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages

Reid, B.V. – Human Development, 1984
Compares and demonstrates a correspondence between L. Kohlberg's stages of moral development and M. Douglas's grid/group theory. Reinterprets Kohlberg's findings and discusses limitations of both theories. (BJD)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Developmental Stages

Snarey, John; Keljo, Kurt – Human Development, 1994
Reviews a book which describes the Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form. Compares the test to that of Lawrence Kohlberg, pointing out benefits and drawbacks of the test, and concludes the test represents a notable advance in the measurement of Kohlberg's first four stages of moral development. (TM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Comparative Analysis