Facts about Moral Development Theory

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   Elliot Turiel's domain theory proposed that children distinguish moral rules from social conventions and personal choices from an early age.

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   Rest's four-component model of moral development expanded on Kohlberg's framework by identifying moral motivation, judgment, sensitivity, and character as distinct processes.

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   Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning is reached by relatively few adults, according to research on his theory.

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   Piaget identified two broad stages of moral reasoning in children: heteronomous morality, where rules are seen as fixed, and autonomous morality, where intent matters.

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   Carol Gilligan criticized Kohlberg's theory in her 1982 book In a Different Voice, arguing it was biased toward male perspectives and neglected an ethic of care.

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   Lawrence Kohlberg expanded on Piaget's work to propose six stages of moral development organized into three levels: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.

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