Quantifying the Moral Dimension

The book presents the results of an educational survey and a new instrument for diagnostics of moral judgment capacities based on the dilemma method. This instrument is proposed for the quantitative assessment of aspects of the personal moral development and in particular to detect morally gifted children. Reflections on the results include a revision of Kohlberg's 6-stage model of moral development and wider considerations regarding constructivist approaches to moral and religious psychology.