Neo-Kohlbergianism
“Where Kohlberg saw the capacity to make rational moral judgements as the basis of moral competency, Neo-Kohlbergians contend that it is merely part of a much larger and complex cognitive apparatus”.
Findings indicate that after Stage 4 Kohlberg’s model becomes inconsistent with findings. Individuals are found to consistently advance in teir use of higher level reasoning, but don’t necessarily follow the order of stages 5+6 as predicted.
“neo-Kohlbergian theorist lay emphasis on context dependent effects considering moral conflicts” - Cognitive Science - Games for Moral Education
