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Kohlberg's theory about moral judgment development and the instruments used for evaluation of moral judgment and moral competence in Brazil

This paper presents intends to address the objectives and composition of two instruments for evaluation of moral judgment: the "Moral Judgment Interview" (MJI) and the "Defining Issues Test" (DIT) and one for moral competence measurement: the "Moral Judgment Test" (MJT). It retakes Kohlberg's moral development theory which gives the foundation for these instruments. Presents Brazilian studies with each instrument. MJI is a semi-structured interview that evaluates the stage of moral judgment. DIT is an objective test that measures the percentage of post-conventional answers. MJT is an objective instrument that measures the moral judgment competence. Researches have used more and more these instruments.

instruments for measurement; moral judgment; moral competence


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