Offers a report on a January 1987 colloquium on moral cognition in Chinese culture. Calls for creative teamwork on longitudinal interviews to gain a more exact picture of moral development structures in non-western cultures such as Taiwan. (BSR)

Describes the process and results of two groups of undergraduates' attempt to formulate a new Decalogue. By comparison with the original, they preferred general positive formulations to specific, negative ones. Analysis of the results shows a lack of clearly religious (as opposed to moral) content and the absence of anything to do with sexual…

Explores the relationship between dispositions (i.e., continuities of inclinations and habits), episodic behavior, emotions, and desires; and the development of moral autonomy. Argues that autonomy requires a settled disposition toward the good. Contrasts theories of autonomy based on wants/desires and on ideals. (AYC)

Provides a critical analysis of "Theories of Moral Development" (Rich and DeVitis, 1985). Provides broad view of what different disciplines and a variety of social scientists have contributed to our conception of moral development. The reviewer concludes that the authors' attempt to translate moral development theories into educational practice…

Reviews of studies from 1963 to 1981 on the views of American and international children and teenagers about war and peace were examined for common findings. Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development is discussed as a way of providing a common, systematic method for additional research. (Author/MT)

The author advocates an approach to ethics teaching that places critical reflection at the center of ethics inquiry. Three other approachs to ethics teaching (applied ethical theory, applied Kohlberg, and values clarification) are critiqued. Suggestions for curriculum design are offered. (MT)

Moral reasoning and cooperative skills of four groups of 56 educable mentally disabled Ss and 56 intellectually average counterparts of the same mental age were examined. Consistent with assumptions of cognitive-developmental theory, both types of Ss showed an increasing tendency to adopt higher levels of moral reasoning as a function of mental…

Focuses on the structure as opposed to the content of moral judgment and discusses gender differences in moral reasoning. Contrasts Kohlberg's and Gilligan's theoretical positions on moral development and facilitates the ability of the secondary school counselor to identify the counselor's and client's context and level of moral development. (JAC)

The relationship between listening skill development and cognitive moral development was investigated in 96 children, aged 8-10. Significant gains in listening occurred for students exposed to the listening course, but there were no significant differences in moral development between experimental and control groups. (Author/GDC)

Views school-age children living in five distinct worlds, each with their own operational modes. Discusses the negative repercussions of failing to recognize the child's worlds. Reviews Lawrence Kohlberg's, Eliot Turiel's, and Carol Gilligan's positions concerning moral education. Recommends a broad definition of morality, including justice and…

Compared the prosocial moral reasoning of Israeli city, kibbutz, and American third graders. Children responded to four moral dilemmas about helping situations. Although there were considerable similarities in reasoning across the three groups, there were also clear differences. (Author/BB)

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…

Provides an overview of the issues surrounding multicultural and antiracist education as aspects of moral education. Introduces the remaining articles in this issue. (JDH)

Maintains that the great need in moral education is to consider general moral standards and arguments first and apply these to behavior affecting racial inequality, rather than to start from a concentration on racism, working back towards morality. Considers the consequences of confusing race with culture or viewing religion only as a…

Describes the dilemma in multiethnic education that arises when demands for equal opportunity for women are in conflict with the special status accorded to the moral education of women in some cultures. Urges teachers to adopt a positive attitude toward the protection of individual freedoms. (Author/JDH)