The first meaning of 'cognitive' for us is that observations of others are made phenomenologically: i.e., by attempting to take the role of the other, to see things from his or her conscious viewpoint. — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share Image
The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
In our society, authority derives from justice, and in our society, learning to live with authority should derive from and aid learning to understand… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
It seems obvious that moral stages must primarily be the products of the child's interaction with others rather than the direct unfolding of biological… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
Although it may be true that the notion of teaching virtues such as honesty or integrity arouses little controversy, it is also true that… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
The unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual's moral values are primarily important for society as they… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
These youngsters hold that all morality is relative but that middle class morality is just plain bad. — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
The arguments about parents being too permissive and kids growing up without superegos are not based on fact. Our research tells us that the… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
Insofar as each of us has been through the moral stages and has held the viewpoint of each stage, we should be able to… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
The crowds, the praise, and the power are neither just nor unjust in themselves. As they are typically used in the schools, they represent… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
If I can see my own recollections, like many adolescents, I was a Platonic realist. I believed in the reality of ideas, of the… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
If our psychology seems crude and weak in what it can say about the great human experiences, it is better to make that clear… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
For the first time in human history, there seems to be a radical increase in the proportion reaching principled morality. — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
Piaget is correct in assuming a culturally universal age development of a sense of justice, involving progressive concern for the needs and feelings of… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
The first meaning of 'cognitive' for us is that observations of others are made phenomenologically: i.e., by attempting to take the role of the… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share
