Moral Development in the Professions

by Rest, James R.; Narvaez, Darcia

• ISBN13: 9780805815399
• ISBN10: 0805815392
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pr

Summary

Every year in this country, some 10,000 college and university courses are taught in applied ethics. And many professional organizations now have their own codes of ethics. Yet social science has had little impact upon applied ethics. This book promises to change that trend by illustrating how social science can make a contribution to applied ethics. The text reports psychological studies relevant to applied ethics for many professionals, including accountants, college students and teachers, counselors, dentists, doctors, journalists, nurses, school teachers, athletes, and veterinarians. Each chapter begins with the research base of the cognitive-developmental approach--especially linked to Kohlberg and Rest's Defining Issues Test. Finally, the book summarizes recent research on the following issues: * moral judgment scores within and between professions, * pre- and post-test evaluations of ethics education programs, * moral judgment and moral behavior, * models of professional ethics education, and * models for developing new assessment tools. Researchers in different professional fields investigate different questions, develop different research strategies, and report different findings. Typically researchers of one professional field are not aware of research in other fields. An important aim of the present book is to bring this diverse research together so that cross-fertilization can occur and ideas from one field can transfer to another.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
References	p. xii
Background: Theory and Research	p. 1
References	p. 25
College Teaching and Student Moral Development	p. 27
References	p. 47
Education for Ethical Nursing Practice	p. 51
Acknowledgments	p. 67
References	p. 67
School Teachers' Moral Reasoning	p. 71
References	p. 82
Counseling and Social Role Taking: Promoting Moral and Ego Development	p. 85
References	p. 97
Ethical Reasoning Research in the Accounting and Auditing Professions	p. 101
References	p. 118
Influencing the Moral Dimensions of Dental Practice	p. 121
References	p. 145
Moral Reasoning in Medicine	p. 147
References	p. 160
Moral Reasoning in Veterinary Medicine	p. 163
References	p. 170
Applied Ethics and Moral Reasoning in Sport	p. 173
References	p. 184
Tracking the Moral Development of Journalists: A Look at Them and Their Work	p. 189
References	p. 197
Moral Judgments and Moral Action	p. 199
Appendix	p. 210
Appendix	p. 211
Summary: What's Possible?	p. 213
References	p. 224
Author Index	p. 225
Subject Index	p. 231
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