Moral psychology
The moral psychology is a branch of psychology . It examines the actual moral values of people purely descriptively , but does not make any ethical statements itself .
Within moral psychology there are developmental psychology researchers who develop theories to explain the genesis of moral ideas in young people.
Other topics are different emphases in moral beliefs and the emotional charge of moral judgments.
Well-known moral psychologists
Jean Piaget made the gap between moral rules and actual behavior a particular goal of his research (1932). He assumed that there are stages or phases of moral-cognitive development.
Lawrence Kohlberg worked out this level scheme and tried to measure moral judgment. He established a new approach to moral psychological research by examining the relationship between theoretical moral ideals and moral attitudes of people.
Jonathan Haidt is a professor at New York University and a recognized moral psychologist. He advocates this thesis that certain moral foundations are inherited in the form of cognitive, moral modules. These modules include a. Authority, fairness, caring, freedom, loyalty and purity / inviolability.
literature
- H. Heidbrink: Introduction to Moral Psychology. 3. Edition. Beltz, Weinheim 2008.
- L. Kohlberg: The development of modes of moral thinking and choice in the years ten to sixteen. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Chicago, 1958.
- L. Kohlberg: On the cognitive development of the child. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1974.
- J. Piaget: The moral judgment in the child. 2nd Edition. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1976. (Original 1932: Le Jugement Moral Chez L'Enfant)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jonathan Haidt & Craig Joseph: Intuitive ethics: how innately prepared intuitions generate culturally variable virtues. Daedalus Fall 2004, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Jonathan Haidt et al .: Moral Foundations Theory: The Pragmatic Validity of Moral Pluralism. December 4, 2012, accessed December 4, 2019 .