Piaget S Theory Of Moral Development. How children come to construct and respect moral norms was the central problem piaget addressed in his major work on moral development the moral judgment of the child with additional essays published in the sociological studies. Cognitive development involves changes in cognitive process and abilities.
Lawrence kohlberg 1958 agreed with piaget s 1932 theory of moral development in principle but wanted to develop his ideas further. Piaget is perhaps best known for his theory of children s cognitive development but he also proposed his own theory about children s moral development. Piaget s theory of children s moral development can be seen as an application of his ideas on cognitive development generally.
In this theory piaget breaks down child cognitive development into stages.
One formulation of this is the problem of understanding how human societies have come to constitute and recognize law that is to. In this theory piaget breaks down child cognitive development into stages. In each case he presented a choice to be considered for example between the rights of some authority and the needs of some deserving individual who is being unfairly. In his book the moral judgment of the child piaget 1932 1962 he studied.