Cross-cultural studies of moral reasoning and moral development
offer the opportunity to examine universals in development as well as
to inform regarding the impact of culture on human reasoning about
the nature of right and wrong. The present paper examines several
studies conducted by the author on moral development in adults and
children in the Bahamian out-islands utilizing the theoretical perspective
of Kohlberg. Issues in moral development from the perspective of life
span developmental psychology are considered as to how they inform
about models of adult development.
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