Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Richard Dawkins, Diana Baumrind, Psychopathy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Adam Cohen

Document Summary

Traditional views on moral development traditional debates about morality framed in terms of nature vs. nurture. Thomas hobbes: justice and injustice are none of the faculties neither of the body, nor mind : opinion that our minds were blank slates with respect to morality, john locke held same view. John stuart mill and utilitarianism: according to this view, one could and should make deliberate moral decisions based on what is best overall for the greatest number of people. Piaget"s work on moral development: earlier work used observational method in which he observed kids playing games together: watched how they negotiated their games and dealt with the creation and violation of rules. Devised method wherein he interviewed children about their reaction to rules being broken and rules being followed. He was interested in whether it made a difference if breaking a rule was intentional or accidental and what factors affected what the kids though about appropriate punishment.