Similarly, the development of moral concepts will produce the morally perceptive person, as we will discuss in Section 5. Apperception or "self-consciousness" seems naturally to involve the notion of the ego or "I": for what could self-consciousness be other than a self or ego that has somehow turned its thought back upon itself, so as to be simultaneously subject and object of awareness?
In order to test the possibility of a universal morality, Kohlberg devised a theory for the development of moral reasoning based on stages that could be observed, or at least imagined, in humans.
He found that the development of moral reasoning does indeed proceed in sequence through a series of stages.
Communication could resume between the reward and punishment pathways that are presumed to underpin the development of moral sense.
In the earlier book, Smith set out to understand the motivations of human behavior and the development of moral principles within individuals.
In addition, being punished by someone who holds such power over them can result in delays in the development of moral reasoning.
A similar approach was noticeable in education, which stressed the development of moral feeling in the conviction that a good heart would guide the well-filled head in the proper direction.
We discuss the implications of the present findings for recent theories on conceptual change and cognitive architecture underlying the development of moral judgment.
With the development of moral consciousness, one expands one's awareness towards the mixed-up, tension-ridden, bittersweet, tragicomic, multi-aspected and distinctively sublime consciousness of humanity itself.
The development of moral reasoning is particularly relevant for criminal justice and policing graduates, since they may exercise a large amount of discretionary powers as part of their prospective work roles.
