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Moral Development Stages

Moral Development Stages is a theoretical construct in moral psychology that specifies a sequential, hierarchical progression of cognitive-emotional levels through which individuals advance in their capacity to reason about ethical dilemmas, differentiated by increasing abstraction, autonomy, and consideration of societal and universal principles.

934

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1.4K

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585

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115

Variants

Stages Of Moral Development

Parents

Publications

934

How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights From Twenty Years of Research.

John C. Weidman, Ernest T. Pascarella, Patrick T. Terenzini · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1992 · 3.1K citations

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Ethical Decision Making in Organizations: A Person-Situation Interactionist Model

Linda Klebe Treviño · Academy of Management Review · 1986 · 2.9K citations

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The Development of Social Knowledge. Morality and Convention

S. J. Eggleston, Elliot Turiel · British Journal of Educational Studies · 1985 · 2.7K citations

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Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice

Zora Raboteg-Šarić, Martin L. Hoffman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2001 · 2.4K citations

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In a Different Voice: Women's Conceptions of Self and of Morality

Carol Gilligan · Harvard Educational Review · 1977 · 2.4K citations

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Authors

1.4K

  1. LK
    Lawrence Kohlberg

    Harvard University Press, United States

    25 publications · 3.5K citations

    23

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  2. LJ
    Lawrence J. Walker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

    21

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  3. ET
    Elliot Turiel

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    19 publications · 4.3K citations

    18

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  4. JR
    James R. Rest

    University of Minnesota, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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  5. CG
    Carol Gilligan

    New York University, United States

    9 publications · 3.5K citations

    9

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Institutions

585

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    765 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    846 citations

  4. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    574 citations

  5. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    657 citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    380 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Moral Education

    79 publications · 3.4K citations

    30

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  2. Developmental Psychology

    38 publications · 3K citations

    29

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  3. Child Development

    36 publications · 2.6K citations

    29

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  4. Human Development

    33 publications · 2.7K citations

    24

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 20 publications · 2.5K citations

    18

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