Philosophers have been concerned with the topic of morality for a long time. Socrates is
referred to as the “patron saint of moral philosophy”(Frankena, 1963, p. 1). The moral …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

Over the past three decades there has been a growing interest in children's and
adolescents' rights and the tendency to grant young people many of the rights traditionally …

Judgments about actual and hypothetical events were examined. The study, conducted in
elementary (first, third, and fifth grades) and junior high (seventh grades) schools, included …

What does morality have to do with psychology in a value-neutral, postmodern world?
According to a provocative new book, everything. Taking exception with current ideas in the …

Social cognitive development is typically defined as the study of children's and adolescents'
understanding of their social world. While this definition appears relatively straightforward …

Recent years have brought a growing social and public commitment to the promotion of
children's rights and children's well-being around the world, and these have become …

Researchers are interested in task design in distance learning. This task design is critical in
emergency education that uses distance learning. The present research investigated …

This study explored the judgments and reasoning of Chinese adolescents (13–18 years of
age) from 3 regions of mainland China (N= 574) regarding procedures for making decisions …

Throughout history it is not difficult to find examples in society in which entire segments of
the population have not received just, fair, and equal treatment; that is, principles of morality …