Subjective Idealism in Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: A Critical Analysis

This article analyzes the epistemological and logical foundations of Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral development. Kohlberg's understanding of dialectics is criticized and an attempt is made to introduce a dialectical materialist outlook on moral development. Philosophica...

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Published in:Human development 1978-01, Vol.21 (5/6), p.289-301
Main Authors: Braün, Claude M.J., Baribeau, Jacinthe M.C.
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Language:English
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Summary:This article analyzes the epistemological and logical foundations of Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral development. Kohlberg's understanding of dialectics is criticized and an attempt is made to introduce a dialectical materialist outlook on moral development. Philosophical tendencies in the cognitive-developmental theory of moral development such as apriorism, absolutism and formalism are unfavorably contrasted with the dialectical categories of historicism, double interactionism and reflection. In logic and epistemology the cognitive-developmental theory is shown to be based on a subjective idealist orientation.
ISSN:0018-716X
1423-0054
DOI:10.1159/000272410