Moral atmosphere: An educational bridge between moral judgment and action
✍ Scribed by Clark Power; Joseph Reimer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 748 KB
- Volume
- 1978
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-3247
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✦ Synopsis
The child's orientation toward the community can plaj a major role in linking the child's moraljudgment to action. moral atmosphere: an educational bridge between moral judgment and action dark power joseph reimer A theory that attempts to describe a universal sequence in moral development faces numerous challenges. This is especially true, as critics of Kohlberg's theory have made clear, if the theory focuses on the cognitive-judgmental side of moral development and attempts to explain moral action or behavior in terms of moral judgment (Aronfreed, 1976; Mischel and Mischel, 1976). Kohlberg (1971) has made a strong philosophic and empirical argument for
focusing on moral judgment as the basis of moral development. Yet Kohlberg acknowledges there is more to moral development than judgment alone. The moral decisions one is likely to make in conflict situations are influenced by the interaction of one's stage of moral reasoning with other factors, such as the values of one's society, the position one holds in the society, the inner strength one has to act on one's convictions, and the salience of the conflict situation in relation to the rest of one's concerns. Kohlberg acknowledges the complexity of this interaction; unfortunately, he and his colleagues have left in abeyance a more exact description of how it shapes moral decisions and action.
moral education and moral action
Recent developments in the study of developmental moral education have made it increasingly urgent that the relationship between moral judg-New Directions for Child D&lopment, 2, 1978