Revue Des Sciences Humaines
Volume 7, Numéro 1, Pages 5-12
1996-06-30

Piaget's Theory Of Moral Development

Authors : Bouhmama Djilali .

Abstract

The purpose ofthis paper is to outline certain central ideas in Piaget's treatment of m_oral deve/opement· which are expressed in his book :the moral Judgement of the chieldln investJgating the growth ofmoral judgement in children, Piaget de.alt with two separate topics ; The child's understanding of roles, and the child's mode of moral thought. From the many abseM1ations and experiments with children, Piaget evolved a system oftwo major stages ofmoral development: J. The stage ofheteronomous morality and, 2.the st4ge ofautonomous morality. The main characteristics ofthese st.ages are exposed in this article, as we/J as the principal criticisms levelled against Piaget's approach lo moral development:.

Keywords

PIAGET'S THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT