Integrating Care and Justice Issues in Professional Moral Education: A Gender Perspective
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Moral Education
- Vol. 16 (3) , 189-203
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0305724870160304
Abstract
This study examines gender differences in professional school students’ ethical sensitivity and moral reasoning, two aspects of Rest's four‐component model of moral development. Results indicate that men and women dental students differ in general sensitivity to ethical issues, but not in recognition of issues of care or justice, nor in moral reasoning. Our results contribute to a re‐interpretation of Gilligan's gender‐difference arguments, and suggest new directions for research in moral development.Keywords
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Gender differences in moral reasoning: A comparison of the use of justice and care orientations.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986
- Sex Differences in Moral Reasoning: Response to Walker's (1984) Conclusion That There Are NoneChild Development, 1986
- Sex Differences in the Expression of Moral JudgmentChild Development, 1984
- Masculine and feminine personality attributes of dental students and their attitudes toward women's roles in societyJournal of Dental Education, 1984
- Moral judgment: Theory and research on differences between males and femalesDevelopmental Review, 1983
- Sex differences in empathy and related capacities.Psychological Bulletin, 1983
- A Longitudinal Study of Moral JudgmentMonographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1983
- Gender differences in moral reasoning.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1982
- The Reproduction of MotheringPublished by University of California Press ,1978
- Sex‐Role Stereotypes: A Current Appraisal1Journal of Social Issues, 1972