ABSTRACT
At least in three respects I can say that I have been fortunate in my career: I
came to psychology with an interest in a field, moral development and func-
tioning, that is of crucial importance beyond the confines of academic psy-
chology; over 20 years ago I raised for myself the question of the relations
between morality and personality, at a time when the field of moral psychol-
ogy needed to expand its concern in this direction; finally, I found a congenial
group of colleagues and friends that share my interest and have been willing,
with great tolerance on their part, to engage in serious discussion and debate
on these issues. I cannot detail here how much I learned from them over the
years. Many generously contributed to the present volume by reporting im-
portant new data, extending our thinking, and also by questioning my views
and assumptions-unfailingly in a spirit of dispassionate concern for the
truth. I am grateful to all of them, particularly the editors of this volume, for
the challenge and for the opportunity to rethink my ideas and to clarify some
misunderstandings.
