Exploring the Relationship Between Personal Values and Moral Reasoning
研究了米尔顿·罗克奇提出的四种个人价值取向与劳伦斯·科尔伯格的道德推理阶段之间的关系，并进行了实证检验，以更好地理解决策过程。
Personal values and moral reasoning have been found to influence behavior. However, as presently developed, these theories do not provide a comprehensive understanding and explanation of an individual's decision-making process leading to behavior. This paper explores the four personal value orientations introduced by Milton Rokeach and the moral reasoning characteristics of Lawrence Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development. Relationships between personal value orientations and stages of moral reasoning are developed and hypothesized relationships are empirically tested. Theoretical and research implications are drawn from these relationships in order to better understand, explain, and possibly predict decision-making and reasoning processes.