Cognitive moral development (CMD) theory has been accepted as a construct to help explain business ethics, social responsibility and other organizational phenomena. This article critically assesses ...

Kohlberg extended Piaget's theory, proposing that moral development is a continual process that occurs throughout the lifespan.

John Michael Murphy, Carol Gilligan, Moral Development in Late Adolescence and Adulthood: a Critique and Reconstruction of Kohlberg's Theory, Human Development, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1980), pp. 77-104 ...

Although there is no general theory of cognitive development, the most historically influential theory was developed by Jean Piaget, a Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980). His theory provided many ...

Moral dilemmas — balancing one right action against another — are a ubiquitous feature of 21st-century life. However unavoidable, though, they are not ...

It was the cognitively based moral development theories of Piaget and Kohlberg that first specified that cognitive development about reality is necessary for moral growth.

Moral development research pioneered by psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg in the mid-20th century shows that people progress through different stages of moral reasoning as their cognitive abilities ...