By James R. Rest, Darcia Narv ez, Stephen J. Thoma, Muriel J. Bebeau

Even if Lawrence Kohlberg supplied significant rules for mental study in morality for many years, this present day a few critics regard his paintings as superseded, past fix, and too defective for anyone to take heavily. those critics recommend that learn may strengthen extra profitably through taking a special technique. Postconventional ethical considering recognizes specific philosophical and mental issues of Kohlberg's idea and technique, and proposes a reformulation known as "Neo-Kohlbergian." 1000s of researchers have suggested a wide physique of findings after having hired Kohlberg's thought and strategies to the Defining concerns try (DIT), accordingly testifying to the relevance of his rules. This booklet offers a coherent theoretical evaluate for countless numbers of experiences that experience used the DIT. The authors suggest reformulations within the underlying mental and philosophical theories. This booklet pulls jointly the research of criticisms of a Kohlbergian process, a reason for DIT examine, and new theoretical principles and new study.

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135 7 Integrating With the Domain Approach 145 8 Integrating With the Cultural Psychology Approach 167 9 Summary 181 Appendix A: The ATHRI 187 Appendix B: Services and Materials Available From the Minnesota Center 191 References 193 Author index 219 Subject index 227 About the Authors 229 Page vii Preface For decades, Lawrence Kohlberg provided major ideas for psychological research in morality. Yet these days some critics regard his work as outmoded, beyond repair, and too faulty for anybody to take seriously.

Blum's interest was to explicate the morality of friendship, arguing that it is not subsumed under the Kantian morality of impartiality; our interest is the oppositeto explicate the morality of impartiality and formal social structure, arguing that it is not subsumable under the morality of friendship (or "care"). Page 15 Recall from chapter 1 our distinction between macro- and micromorality. Both macro- and micromorality are concerned with establishing webs of interdependence among participants for cooperation and enriching relationships.

Now, after 25 years, we are ready to begin a new cycle (to change the DIT; Rest, Narvaez, Bebeau, & Thoma, 1998). Psychological Criticisms That Require Changes In the previous section, limitations to Kohlberg's approach were acknowledged. Many disputes are matters of choosing to start research at different points, with different assumptions. Acknowledging the possibility of different starting points does not necessarily require changes in the approach. " Some disputes with Kohlberg are not questions of research priorities (starting with some aspects and working up to a comprehensive theory); they are questions of making false claims and being in error.

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