The Measurement of Moral Judgment

This two-volume set is a result of more than 30 years of pioneering work by the late Lawrence Kohlberg, professor of human development at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. With collaborator Anne Colby, director of the Henry A. Murray Research Center at Radcliffe College, Kohlberg presents the "Standard Issue Moral Judgment Interview and Scoring System," its theoretical assumptions, and supporting empirical data. This scoring system is an attempt to use clear and concrete criteria to assess an individual's state of moral development objectively and reliably. Essentially, a subject is presented with a set of hypothetical moral dilemmas (eg, "Should Heinz steal a drug to save his dying wife when the only druggist with the drug asks a price that Heinz cannot pay?"); then the subject explains what course of action should be taken and why. Through the use of intensive probing, the examiner attempts to elicit the most