Psychology of Ethics

This book examines the formation and evolution of values and moral judgments from a psychological perspective. The author discusses the views of Piaget and Kohlberg in the first two chapters, which fall within the realm of cognitive theories. The following chapter considers the practical aspects of these theories. Chapter four provides a summary and evaluation of the cognitive perspective. Finally, chapter five attempts to introduce social cognitive theory and briefly explain its foundations. The book includes three appendices; the first two contain Piaget’s and Kohlberg’s stories about moral judgments, and the third appendix includes social judgment questionnaires related to several stories.