The development of moral judgments concerning capital punishment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9055367
AutoresLawrence Kohlberg (Harvard University Press), Donald Elfenbein (Harvard University Press)
Ano1975
Volume45
Fascículo4
Páginas614-640
Data de publicação1975-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1939-0025.1975.tb01191.x
PMID1180344
OpenAlexW1968016815
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas11

Data from a 20-year longitudinal study of the development of moral judgment in American males indicate that the most mature stages evince moral condemnation of the death penalty. The authors conclude that American moral standards are evolving towards a view of execution as unjust punishment. They contend that a theory of punishment based on the highest stage of moral reasoning is more valid than lower-stage justifications for capital punishment, and that it provides a rational basis for asserting the immorality--and unconstitutionality--of capital punishment, irrespective of uncertainties as to the deterrent efficacy of the death penalty

Capital (architecture) · Capital punishment · Criminology · Immorality · Moral development · Moral disengagement · Moral reasoning · Morality · Political science · Punishment (psychology) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology