The Cognitive‐Developmental Approach to Morality: a Reply to Kurtines and Greif

Abstract

This papers confronts the social‐psychological problem of the relation between values and persons in everyday life. For this purpose simple operational definitions, as used in psychometric work, are not adequate. There must be a clear conception of the person, as an individual, in a social setting. A model which meets these requirements, with seven components, is described. This is used to illustrate what ‘having values’ might mean. Three applications are briefly outlined.