The Character of Moral Development

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ID23235476
AuthorsDwight Boyd (Department of History and Philosophy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume2
Issue2
Pages21-48
Publication date2020-11-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePaideusis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1916-0348 • E-ISSN: 2369-8659
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/1073416ar
OpenAlexW2557759255
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

This paper analyzes the character implications of Kohlberg's conception of moral development combined with our current understanding of the moral point of view inherent in the most mature level of that development. The problem is first framed within an articulation of the most fundamental philosophical assumptions underlying Kohlberg's theory. Then the argument proceeds dialectically from correcting some of the common but mistaken character implications of the notion of principled morality to showing what positive picture of moral character emerges from an appreciation of recent elaborations of the nature of Stage Six. It is argued that certain dimensions of moral character are required by the performative sense of objectivity which operationalizes the notion of respect for persons forming the heart of Stage Six.

Argument (complex analysis) · Articulation (sociology) · Character (mathematics) · Epistemology · Judgement · Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development · Moral character · Moral development · Moral disengagement · Moral psychology · Moral reasoning · Morality · Objectivity (philosophy) · Performative utterance · Political science · Social cognitive theory of morality · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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