As a clinical psychologist, I am often asked by parents some version of “How do I help my children to become productive members of society?” This is an important question. Equally important is the ...

We expect young children to learn moral behaviour, but does it come naturally to them? Penny Tassoni looks at theories of development and good practice in the nursery We expect young children to learn ...

North American Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg wrote that the moral growth of human beings has six stages, but nowadays only a small percentage of people achieve the highest stage. Taking Jean Piaget’s ...

We expect young children to learn moral behaviour, but does it come naturally to them? Penny Tassoni looks at theories of development and good practice in the nursery At what age do children really ...

For Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a good disposition is the ideal endpoint, and not the necessary starting point, of moral progress. (clu / iStock / Getty Images) But to understand how we can realise ...

Ethical debate cannot be reduced to the exchange of dogmas from rival traditions or the simple acceptance of irreconcilable disagreement. Moral theory is what most moral philosophers spend our time ...

Although adults’ sense of morality has previously been mapped, until now we have known little about what children care about, or how this might change as they age. Our team of researchers from the ...