What develops in moral development? A model of moral sensibility

Measurements Matter: Taking the DIT-2 Multiple Times and College Students’ Moral Reasoning Development

“…Students taking the DIT-2 may be engaging in a dynamic educational context that provides them the space to deliberate, reflect and further integrate their moral decision-making process into their overall learning experiences (Mayhew et al 2012a, b;Sherblom 2012) When such reflective learning takes place, as observed in the results of this longitudinal study and its cross-validation, the DIT-2 functions simultaneously as an assessment that empirically measures and an intervention that actively spurs moral reasoning development.…”

“…However, if greater gains were observed for the cohort who completed the DIT-2 three times versus twice, we would consider increases in moral reasoning development as they related specifically to test-taking rather than a particular set of educational experiences. Any relationships between test-taking and developmental gains could additionally lend support to the idea that taking the DIT-2 might function as a sociopsychological intervention (Yeager and Walton 2011) that spurs college students' moral reasoning development through reflective and imaginative thinking (Dewey 1933;Sherblom 2012). In other words, the latter explanation could serve as an example that ''testing is a powerful means of improving learning, not just assessing it'' (Roediger and Karpicke 2006, p. 249).…”

A Moral Experience Feedback Loop: Modeling a system of moral self-cultivation in everyday life

“…In psychological terms, it is not possible to completely separate the cognitive appraisal with which we frame the context from the intuitions we have about 'that context' which has been defined by our appraisal (Pizarro & Bloom, 2003). While recognizing the importance of including various forms of rapid awareness in our evolving model of moral engagement, conceptually privileging intuition is oversimplifying our understanding of the complexity of moral functioning (Narvaez, 2008(Narvaez, , 2010Sherblom, 2012). Perception itself is only one process among several, and needs to be conceptually integrated with those other processes within the larger dynamic of moral engagement.…”

“…I have argued elsewhere (Sherblom, 2012) that what develops in moral development is best understood as a dynamic system consisting of nested systems interacting. I refer to this dynamic system of moral being as one's moral sensibility.…”

Current Trends Of Unethical Behavior Within Organizations

“…Moral development occurs through a development of moral self, character, identity, reasoning, sensitivity, and consceicnce along with superego (Sherblom, 2012). Each component is associated with integrity, virtue, or character.…”