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Peer reviewedKleinberger, Aharon F. – Journal of Moral Education, 1976
Rawls' arguments in defence of his claim to derive principles of morality and justice from his hypothetical "original position" are critically examined and found to be unconvincing. (Editor)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Educational Theories, Justice
Sametz, Lynn – 1981
This study explored the relationship between children's sense of justice for a criminal offender and their cognitive level. Subjects were 60 children, 10 boys and 10 girls at each of the following developmental or cognitive levels: preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Each child was individually pretested for cognitive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Download full textCasteel, J. Doyle; And Others – 1974
One of the major goals of the social studies is to help students gain and refine skills in the area of value clarification. Value sheets, carefully planned activities designed to elicit value clarifying patterns of language from students, are one way of securing value clarification. Sheets, planned in conjunction with ongoing units of instruction,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Democratic Values
