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Wainryb, Cecilia – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Notes that moral decisions include both moral concepts and factual beliefs. Considers possible sources of variation in factual beliefs and presents research into children's and adults' thinking about practices based on factual beliefs different from their own. Discusses how individuals take these differences into account when judging the seemingly…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Moral Development