Tweaking the four-component model |
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Authors: | Howard J. Curzer |
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Affiliation: | Texas Tech University, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | By maintaining that moral functioning depends upon four components (sensitivity, judgment, motivation, and character), the Neo-Kohlbergian account of moral functioning allows for uneven moral development within individuals. However, I argue that the four-component model does not go far enough. I offer a more accurate account of moral functioning and uneven moral development. My proposal retains the account of sensitivity, divides the judgment component into a theorizing component and a reasoning component, and eliminates the motivation and character components. |
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Keywords: | neo-Kohlbergian four-component model moral functioning Aristotle |
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