ABSTRACT
Referring to what Aristotle has called our “second nature,” that is, our moral personality, Baumrind (1992) noted that moral reasoning is an everyday activity engaged in by the average person. Human beings in all cultures are responsible for their own lives; they are required to plan and take charge of their actions and to answer to themselves and to the community for the consequences. Research in the area of moral judgment has been dominated by Lawrence Kohlberg’s conception of the development of justice, perhaps at times to the exclusion of other aspects of practical, everyday morality. As stated by Garnett (1969) in the opening quotation, sympathetic care for others is also central to everyday moral life. And so is proper care for self.
