The Development of Moral Reasoning

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development, Second edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 420-445

  Nucci, Larry P ^a   Gingo, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of internal consistency displayed by individuals in moral judgments across contexts; Domain theory distinguishing morality from conventional and personal; Domains of morality and convention differentiated from conceptions of personal matters of privacy and individual discretion; Emotion and cognition inseparability; Moral development and inter domain interactions; Moral development, moving from earlier stages, morality intertwined with self interest and social norms; Moral reasoning development; Multiple moral orientations justice and care; Normal affective experiences integrated into child's moral constructions; Structure of morality, questions regarding relations between cultural experiences and moral development

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EID: 84880403274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325485.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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