At first glance, one of the most obvious places to look for moral progress is in individuals, in
particular in moral development from childhood to adulthood. In fact, that moral progress is …

Many believe that moral education can cause moral progress. At first glance, this makes
sense. A major goal of moral education is the improvement of the moral beliefs, values and …

Morality has again become an important focus of research in different scientific disciplines:
from biology (ethology), neuropsychology and evolutionary psychology to social psychology …

The idea of moral progress is a necessary presupposition of action for beings like us. We
must believe that moral progress is possible and that it might have been realized in human …

Students of contemporary approaches to moral development may be struck by the apparent
similarity of views espoused by different schools. The proposition that seems to be shared by …

This book represents the authors' conviction that interpretive, normative, and critical
perspectives be brought to bear in the analysis of moral development theory. From the …

On occasion one hears debates about whether or not the history of man-or, perhaps, the
history of civilized man-shows that some sort of" progress" has taken place. It is wholly …

This paper is concerned with the relationships among moral reasoning, moral motivation,
moral action, and moral identity. It explores how major figures in developmental psychology …

This article introduces a special section on moral development. We claim that the field is
now undergoing a resurgence of theoretical and methodological innovation after the eclipse …