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Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral developmental psychological theories dominated most of the 20th century and continue to influence moral psychology today. Yet “times they are a-changin”—to quote American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan circa the same era. The constructivist, social constructivist, developmental moral psychological paradigm is under threat of obsolescence.
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Schrader, D.E. (2015). Evolutionary Paradigm Shifting in Moral Psychology in Kohlberg’s Penumbra. In: Zizek, B., Garz, D., Nowak, E. (eds) Kohlberg Revisited. Moral Development and Citizenship Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-079-6_2
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