The purpose of this study was to investigate how learning disabled adolescents formulate moral judgments as compared to average achieving adolescents. Students were administered Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Interview. Compared to the average achieving adolescents, the learning disabled group showed less evidence of being able to view moral dilemmas from a community or societal perspective. Further, the LD group exhibited a substantial amount of reasoning from an egocentric perspective which focused on the needs and desires of the self. It is suggested that teachers implement strategies to facilitate the development of social perception and moral reasoning.
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