Argues that teachers of literature should bring into the open for careful scrutiny the implied moral attitudes and social values in the literature they present. (HOD)

Argues that Shweder (1982) fails to see that in the theory of the moral subject of cooperative relations persons communicate in order to co-construct knowledge and to maintain and promote mutual respect. (Author/MP)

Examines the issue of whether children's perceptions of maternal socialization behaviors are characterized by a preference for permissive mothers or for mothers who intervene to stop misbehavior. It is suggested that the majority of children studied (ages 4 to 8.5 years) preferred the interventionist mother. (MP)

Contends that values clarification is an inadequate mode of moral education. Presents values clarificationists' explanations of the approach; analyzes the asssumptions and implications of the values clarification program; and demonstrates the limitations of the approach for developing virtuous character. (WL)

Addresses several issues regarding the impact of models on the child's morality among 72 five- to seven-year-old boys. Moral behavior was recorded, moral judgment was assessed and responses to a hypothesized moral dilemma were obtained. Among the results, the child's moral responses depended, in part, on the level of justification used by the…

Children at three levels of conceptual maturity were presented with six dilemmas in order to test the hypothesis that cognitive development predicts concrete behavioral choices whenever individuals are at least as complex as the moral alternatives confronting them. (Author/DB)

Examines the philosophic adequacy of and empirical evidence concerning Kohlberg's claims regarding the attainment of postconventional moral reasoning. (Author/DB)

Intrinsic (or fundamental) values and the freedom to choose among them are discussed in terms of cultural pluralism. (JMF)

Focuses on assessing the effects of conflicting discussions within undergraduate dyads consisting of partners at the same or different levels of moral judgment. The experimental procedure consisted of: (1) an Opinion Questionnaire; (2) pretest Kohlberg interviews; (3) assignment to experimental and control conditions; (4) experimental discussion…

Provides an alternative conception of postconventional moral development which fits existing data on late adolescent and adult moral judgment better than Kohlberg's higher stage descriptions. Data is from a longitudinal study of 26 undergraduates at Harvard. (Author/SS)

Kohlberg's developmental theory of moral reasoning postulates a supreme form of moral thinking, Stage Six, based on a principle of justice which provides consistent and universalizable moral judgement. This paper criticizes Kohlberg's formulation on philosophical and psychological grounds. (Author/SJL)

Professional literature dealing with values and moral education included in this bibliography contains generic principles and theories, or articulates significant issues and questions, or advocates and illustrates practices directly relevant to the counseling process. (Author)

Two studies investigated preschool children's acceptance of the reciprocity norms that allow retaliation and that require returning favors. Children viewed cartoons that portrayed animal puppets involved in reciprocal or nonreciprocal aggressive and prosocial behavior. They were then asked to evaluate the actor in each cartoon as "good"…

Examines children's moral judgments of story characters who accidently harm themselves. Children in kindergarten and in grades 3 and 5 rated actors in stories which varied in terms of intention, damage, and harm to the actor. (SS)