A theoretical perspective for the psychological study of moral development is presented which does not rely on the notion that different types of moral view have different logical structures, and which provides a framework for specific predictions about moral content and moral reasoning, motivation, and behavior. It is differences in the ascribed source of moral authority rather than differences in structure or form which really differentiate Kohlberg’s stages. Research findings support the view that it is the pattern of identification which gives rise to moral structures, rather than the development of reasoning abilitie
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