Reports study of 4- and 5-year-old children, finding (a) that young children's moral intuition about lying is quite advanced as compared to their definition of "to lie" and (b) that children's realist definition of "to lie" carries a strong negative moral connotation that overrides their usual subjectivist moral intuitions.…

This paper examines Aristotle's view of the family as providing indispensible motivations for the moral education of the young, the inadequacy of the family in providing moral education, and the need for laws to protect the community and to educate the community regarding public affairs. (MT)

Discusses two modes of thinking about ethics developed by Carol Gilligan. Argues that Gilligan's modes of thought (responsibility and rights) correspond to two ideals of social work practice: a rights perspective, based on liberal individualism, and a needs perspective, based on nineteenth century Christian virtue. (JAC)

A new psychological theory of human development with a broad philosophical basis has recently emerged, offering exciting and challenging answers to problems of moral choice. (Author/RK)

Based on a study of variations in moral responses of Chinese and American children, an assessment is made of stage theories of moral development. (Editor)

This article was intended to show some of the links between Kohlberg's and McPhail's theories of moral education, one based his theories on the cognitive-developmental approach, the other on the social learning theory. As well, some comments on the Lifeline programme were offered. (Author/RK)

The concept of moral intentionality was analyzed and shown to be concerned with the more general ethical problem of responsibility. Levels of intentionality were specified and discussed. (CS)

This article describes the stages of moral development in children; stress is on the role of education. (BB)

The relationships between character assessment and moral assessment are discussed, showing that the one need not involve the other, and sources of confusion about this relationship are uncovered. (Editor/CB)

Offers a discussion of contemporary theories of moral development, discussing both cognitive and affective positions and proposing an alternative third position as a resolution of the first two. The proposed alternative is based upon the model of the subject within communicative relations, whose life involves constructing reality through social…

Ten delinquent boys in a home operated on a just community philosophy, which stresses moral discussion and participatory democracy in making and enforcing rules and in resolving interpersonal conflict, moved up an average of one-third of a stage in their reasoning on the Kohlberg moral judgment interview. (Author/RM)

The study of fourth graders employed a series of sorting tasks with 22 normal and 20 children with behavioral disorders (BD) to determine whether BD children discriminate among three classes (moral, conventional, and personal) of social actions viewed by normal children as distinct. (Author/SW)