The purpose of this chapter is to present a sociocultural perspective on the study of moral development, and to review theoretical and empirical work on moral development that has been conducted under the rubric of this perspective. This perspective has emerged over the course of the last decade or so, in response to a variety of challenges to prevailing theories of moral development—in particu...

The aim of the present study was to examine (a) if athletes’ moral judgment is affected by sport type, the level of competition – in terms of the league in which one competes – and regular playing position, and (b) possible relations between moral judgment and the overall years of athletic experience, self-perception of sport ability, and achievement goal orientations. The sample comprised 170 ...

The present study examines the relation between moral intuitions proposed by ‘Moral Foundations Theory’ according to J. Haidt and orientations in with competence, as described ‘Dual-Aspect Model of Moral Behaviour’ G. Lind.It is an empirical exploration five foundational domains (and/or corresponding two higher-order clusters) orientations, this results from theoretical assumptions both theorie...

The Moral and Social Action Interdisciplinary Colloquium (MOSAIC) is an international multidisciplinary network of scholars working within the fields of the philosophy, psychology and sociology of moral development, moral education and moral thought. MOSAIC runs an annual conference, traditionally in June or July. This conference attracts an international mix of doctoral students, early career ...

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue incrementar el desarrollo moral en alumnos adultos con discapacidad intelectual, a través de un programa predeportivo y valores. se llevó cabo lo largo cuatrimestre título dirigido la inserción sociolaboral personas intelectual. Participaron 37 ambos sexos, tres promociones consecutivas (n1 = 11; n2 12; n3 14), entre los 19 años (M 24.49 ± 4.22). Se utilizó ...

Inclusive pedagogies belong to the diversity agenda in higher education and so their teaching methodologies should be tested ensure effective training of students democratic inclusive citizenship competencies, such as moral competence. Moral-dilemma based methods have proven learning about morals specific programmes, but there is still no evidence for cross-cutting application regular courses. ...

Based on the human ecological model, this study hypothesized that individual competence in empathy, prosocial moral reasoning, and social influence from parents, peers, and school are the key determinants of prosocial behavior among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. We recruited a sample of high school students who engaged in volunteering activities regularly (N = 580). They completed a self-ad...

Behavioral competence is delineated in terms of four parameters: (a) Moral and Social Knowledge, (b) Social Skills, (c) Positive Characters and Positive Attributes, and (d) Behavioral Decision Process and Action Taking. Since Ma's other papers in this special issue have already discussed the moral and social knowledge as well as the social skills associated in detail, this paper focuses on the ...

BACKGROUND Value sensitivity - the ability to recognize value-related issues when they arise in practice - is an indispensable competence for medical practitioners to enter decision-making processes related to ethical questions. However, the psychological competence of value sensitivity is seldom an explicit subject in the training of medical professionals. In this contribution, we outline the ...