"The main experiential determinants of moral development seem to be amount and variety of social experience, the opportunity to take a number of roles and to encounter other perspectives."
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Lawrence Kohlberg was an influential American psychologist and educator, best known for his groundbreaking work in the field of moral development. Born on October 25, 1927, in Bronxville, New York, Kohlberg's interest in ethics and morality blossomed during his studies at the University of Chicago, where he developed his renowned stages of moral reasoning. His legacy is defined by his commitment to understanding how individuals progress through moral dilemmas, influencing educational systems and psychological theory. Kohlberg passed away on January 19, 1987, leaving a profound impact on psychology and education.
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"Intelligence may be taken as a necessary, but not sufficient, cause of moral advance. All morally advanced children are bright, but not all bright children are morally advanced."
Lawrence Kohlberg
"In our society, authority derives from justice, and in our society, learning to live with authority should derive from and aid learning to understand and to feel justice."
Lawrence Kohlberg"Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society."
Lawrence Kohlberg
"Piaget is correct in assuming a culturally universal age development of a sense of justice, involving progressive concern for the needs and feelings of others and elaborated conceptions of reciprocity and equality."
Lawrence Kohlberg"Essentially, social education is moral education, and moral education is preparation for citizenship... When Jefferson and others advocated public education, it was to prepare for citizenship in a new, constitutional, democratic society."
Lawrence Kohlberg