The development of moral judgments concerning capital punishment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9055367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence Kohlberg (Harvard University Press), Donald Elfenbein (Harvard University Press) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 614-640 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1975.tb01191.x |
| PMID | 1180344 |
| OpenAlex | W1968016815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 11 |
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
Toward an Understanding of Aggregate Death Penalty Opinion Change
Individual Moral Development
Studying American Legal Culture
Birds of a Brighter Feather
Every life is sacred...kind of
New Testament Ethics
Vengeful Citizens, Violent States
Retribution and capital punishment
Public support for the courts
The age of death
The human impact of capital punishment
Getting It Together
The Claim to Moral Adequacy of a Highest Stage of Moral Judgment
Moral Education
The authoritarian personality
A Theory of Justice
Capital Punishment in Texas, 1924-1968
Revival of the Eighth Amendment
Toward a Theory of Limited Punishment
Public Opinion and the Death Penalty
The Moral Point of View
The Polls
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2019 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |