An Integrated Theory of Moral Development, Vol. 69

This book is the framework for a new theory of moral development that combines components from a variety of existing theories of human development with the author's original research. The detailed description of the theory is divided into five sections: (1) foundations of development, (2) long-term memory, (3) the influence of environments, (4) working memory, and (5) progressions and stages of development. Each chapter concludes with an exercise demonstrating the application of the new theory, and the final section of the book employs the theory as a lens through which the moral development of four historic figures can be viewed afresh.

This book is the framework for a new theory of moral development that combines components from a variety of existing theories of human development with the author's original research. The detailed description of the theory is divided into five sections: (1) foundations of development, (2) long-term memory, (3) the influence of environments, (4) working memory, and (5) progressions and stages of development. Each chapter concludes with an exercise demonstrating the application of the new theory, and the final section of the book employs the theory as a lens through which the moral development of four historic figures can be viewed afresh.

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Introduces a theory of moral development that incorporates selected features of various existing theories with the author's own innovations. After introductory chapters on theories and issues, the realm of moral values, and an overview of the theory, chapters are organized in sections on biological development of the moral- development process, the nature of long-term memory, the influence of environments, working memory, moral development patterns, and the theory in practice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

R. MURRAY THOMAS is Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His other publications include A Study of Adolescent Moral Development (Greenwood, 1995), What Wrongdoers Deserve (Greenwood, 1993), and Education's Role in National Development Plans (Praeger, 1992).