Character Quote by Jerry L. Wyckoff

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

Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

— Robert A. Heinlein

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Discipline gives standards and values to live by, a basis for morality.

— Agnes Moorehead

The main experiential determinants of moral development seem to be amount and variety of social experience, the opportunity to take a number of roles…

— Lawrence Kohlberg

You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities are. What…

— Jerry Garcia

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

— Paul Ricoeur

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

— Alfie Kohn

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

“The quality of moral behaviour varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don’t square up, children rely on…

— Adam M. Grant

Morality is not a simple set of rules. It's a very complex struggle of conflicting patterns of values. This conflict is the residue of…

— Robert M. Pirsig