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THE CHINESE PERSPECTIVES ON MORAL JUDGMENT DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Ma Hing Keung
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598808247761
Subject(s) - lawrence kohlberg's stages of moral development , harmony (color) , psychology , epistemology , moral development , social psychology , sociology , philosophy , art , visual arts
Kohlberg's theory of moral development is extended and revised. The Chinese perspectives on moral development are integrated into the present 6‐stage model. The last three stages are: (4) Golden mean orientation and social system; (5) Majority rights and individual rights, and (6) Universal ethical principles of natural harmony. The first three stages are hypothesized to be cultural universal but the last three stages are supposed to have a cultural component. For each of the Stages 4, 5 and 6, a general structure is constructed and then a Chinese sub‐structure and a Western sub‐structure are derived from their corresponding general structure. Confucian and Taoistic philosophies are employed to elaborate some of the characteristics of the Chinese sub‐structures.